Romblon · Philippines · Coral garden · Reef
Lugbung Island
A shallow coral canyon on the tip of a rocky islet
Area photo: krokodiver · CC BY 2.0
Lugbung, also called Logbon, is a small rocky island about 1.7 km off the north coast of Romblon Island, and it carries several dives. The one on the island's tip starts at 3 metres and drops gently to 15, where the corals are thickest; the canyon on the south side is the topographical dive, cut into valleys and colourful slopes. Both are 15 to 20 minutes out by boat.
Also known as Logbon Island.
Where it is and how deep
12.5832° N, 122.2452° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The dive on the tip of Logbon starts in about 3 metres of water and drops gently — no wall, no step — to around 15 metres, and that shallow band is where the most prolific corals are. Nothing on that route is deep, so gas and bottom time end the dive rather than the profile, and the shallow water keeps the natural light good enough to shoot without much fuss.
The canyon on the island's south side is the scenic half of Logbon: an underwater landscape of valleys and ridges densely covered with corals and sponges, swum through rather than along a single contour. Wikivoyage lists it to 40 metres, deeper than the coral band most of the dive works, and rates it as needing no special skills — shallow enough at the top to snorkel. The reefs around Romblon, Logbon, Alad and Cobrador are described as almost undisturbed hard and soft coral.
Marine life and season
- Pristine corals
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime |
Season follows Romblon: Nov–Jun is the settled season; typhoons and the south-west monsoon make Jul–Oct unreliable for the boat crossing.
Dive videos
Logbon Island - Romblon Philippinen · PeuserPictures on YouTube
2016 Logbon Island Romblon · MVMoken on YouTube
Questions divers ask
How deep is the dive at Lugbung Island?+
The dive on the island's tip starts at 3 metres and drops gently to about 15 metres, where the coral is thickest. The coral canyon on the south side is listed to 40 metres.
How long is the boat ride to Lugbung?+
Fifteen to twenty minutes from Romblon Town or Lonos, which is short enough for the site to be dived as a first or last dive of the day.
Sources
- Diving in the Philippines — Wikivoyage
- Lugbung — Wikipedia (German)
- Romblon — Wikipedia
More dive sites in Romblon
Channel & pass
Often-strong current turns the channel into a drift
Reef
Reef from two metres down to sand at twenty
Blue hole
A chimney from 5 m to an opening on the reef near 30 m
Fields of big gorgonians at the 35-metre end of the slope
Coral garden
Ghost pipefish, odd shrimps and nudibranchs in the coral
Coral garden
Anemones and coral formations on a reef that drops to 30 m
Sand slope
Giant clams scattered across the sand of a protected bay
Wall
A wall to 40 m that turns a corner into a coral field
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