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Coral Garden is a wide, shallow coral plateau off White Beach, Boracay, sitting between 5 m and 12 m depth with no wall and no significant relief — just a broad, sunlit expanse of hard coral on a sandy bottom that slopes gently into the reef. The site is reached by boat in around four to ten minutes depending on departure point along the beach.
The reef structure consists of stony corals, table corals, soft corals, leather corals, and hard corals growing across the plateau, with colour holding well at these shallow, well-lit depths. Divers regularly encounter butterflyfish, sergeant majors, clownfish working anemones, parrotfish, fairy basslet, sea stars, nudibranchs, sea snails, pipefish, and sea cucumbers, along with occasional turtles, frogfish, and lionfish. The site is also a known night-dive spot and suits macro photography.
Conditions are generally calm and clear, with water temperature between 26 °C and 28 °C and no meaningful current. Visibility can be reduced after heavy rains when river runoff from the mainland reaches the site. The protected, sheltered profile makes it equally suited to snorkelling from the surface.
Open Water certification is the stated minimum, and the site is explicitly suited to beginners, training dives, and Discover Scuba introductory programmes. No advanced skills or experience are required under normal conditions.
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Vermiculate AngelfishChaetodontoplus mesoleucusReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Eastern Triangle ButterflyfishChaetodon baronessaReported here · unconfirmed
Orangeback WrasseCirrhilabrus lubbockiReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
AngelfishAngelfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
ClownfishClownfishConfirmed present · 4 independent sourcesDurable tips from divers — access, hazards, marine life, facilities. For day-of conditions, use the report tool in the conditions card above.
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