Boluarte
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About this site
Boluarte is a reef dive site at Apo Island, named after the iconic Boluarte Rock there. The site is composed of a slope covered in soft and hard corals, diveable in either direction along the slope. A notable feature is gas bubbles emerging from the sand at around 10 metres depth, with a maximum depth of 11 metres.
The site suits beginner divers given its shallow maximum depth of 11 metres and slope-style terrain. Current is medium, so conditions should be checked before entry, as site selection at Apo Island is typically guided by prevailing current.
Marine life at Boluarte includes turtles, sea snakes, trevallies, and groupers along the coral slope, with bump head parrotfish passing through as an occasional highlight worth watching for.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaReported here · unconfirmed
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusReported here · unconfirmed
Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristataReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
SweetlipsSweetlipsConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ParrotfishParrotfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
UnicornfishUnicornfishReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
MandarinfishMandarinfishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Blacksaddle TobyCanthigaster valentiniObserved near here · iNaturalist
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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