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A turquoise lagoon framed by jagged limestone karst peaks on Coron Island in northern Palawan.

Coron · Philippines · Reef · Pinnacle

Twin Peaks

White-tips on the drop-offs, pygmy seahorses in the shallows

Area photo: Ray in Manila · CC BY 2.0

Twin Peaks is a reef built around two coral-covered seamounts near Coron. It mixes larger animals on the deeper drop-offs with macro life in the shallows, so a single dive can run from white-tip reef sharks and barracuda down deep to ghost pipefish and pygmy seahorses in the coral crevices.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Twin Peaks: typical dive to 25 m (to 82 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit25 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

11.9601° N, 120.2175° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The dive starts down the deeper reef slopes to 25 m, where white-tip reef sharks and barracuda patrol the drop-offs, most often when a moderate current is running and the water is clear.

Moving up, the main slope is covered in staghorn and table corals, sea fans and sponges, busy with anthias, batfish, sweetlips, schooling fusiliers and turtles. The dive ends in the shallow coral gardens, searching the crevices for nudibranchs, ghost pipefish and pygmy seahorses.

Marine life and season

  • Reef sharks
  • Barracuda
  • Sea turtles
  • Nudibranchs
  • Pygmy seahorses
  • Reef fish swarms
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Season follows Coron: Dry December to April brings glassy seas and the best visibility; in the wet months bad weather sometimes stops diving.

Dive videos

Twin Peaks Reef, Coron Philippines · Patrick Tan on YouTube

Sources

  1. Diving in Coron — Dive the World
  2. Twin Peaks — ScubaGo

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