Caubian Cave Diving Philippines Cebu

Caubian Cave Dive in Cebu

Cave Diving at Caubian.

These saltwater limestone caves are accessible at 40m. The cavernous (no pun intended) main theatre splits off into several smaller passageways and offers technical divers access to both a large cavern and small cavelets. Upon entering the large cavern area, even the strongest lights may not illuminate both walls, so it's best to stick to one side of the Caubian Cavern.

For this reason, we generally start on the left side of Caubian Cavern and make our way back along that wall. As we press on, there is a small dark-zone swim through above us at about 25m. The exit of this swim-through requires a small helicopter shuffle to turn while in trim and is good practice for aspiring cave divers.

After descending out of the dark-zone swim-through, we typically will double back and have a look along the cavelets on the back wall. It is not uncommon to see sweetlips or white-tip reef sharks lazing in the shadows. We make our way along the wall, keeping it to our left, until exiting Caubian Cavern at the opposite side of where we started. After exiting the cavern, we pick up our staged deco bottles and typically deco for around 45-60 minutes.

Maps of Caubian Cave:

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