Diving in Talima Marine Sanctuary - Cebu
Where is Talima Marine Sanctuary?
The famous Talima Marine Sanctuary is one of the gems of Cebu. It is located offshore and away from the population of Cebu, yet you can be diving it within an hour of landing in the Philippines. Talima Marine Sanctuary is a gorgeous dive site and protected area located in the tropical waters off the West coast of Olango Island, between it and Mactan Island. It is conveniently located, just 10-15 by boat minutes from our Mactan-based dive shop.
What do we see at Talima Marine Sanctuary? 
Talima is known for it's plummeting deep wall, abundance of tropical fish, and a small shipwreck at 18 meters. A wide variety of marine life including pipefish, frogfish, razorfish, and triggerfish populate a wide coral slope that abruptly ends at 18 meters deep- dropping down to 45-50m.
This creates a fantastic place to dive- especially on a drift. The Talima Marine Sanctuary is one of our favorite diver training sites, due to the close proximity of vastly different terrain and wildlife.
This creates a fantastic place to dive- especially on a drift. The Talima Marine Sanctuary is one of our favorite diver training sites, due to the close proximity of vastly different terrain and wildlife.
What are the conditions at Talima Marine Sanctuary?
The visibility at Talima Marine Sanctuary is usually pretty good- between 20 and 30 meters. Of course there are some great days when it gets up to 40m- and some days, particularly after a large storm, where the visibility may briefly drop to around 10-12m. There can be some current at Talima Marine Sanctuary- especially out along the wall. This makes Talima is a stunning place to do your Drift Adventure dive from the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
Talima Marine Sanctuary in Olango Dive Site Map:
Talima Marine Sanctuary Dive Site Map:
If you would like to find out more about our schedule or the availability to dive at Talima Marine Sanctuary - please contact us.
Cebu's other local dive sites:
- Shangri-La Marine Sanctuary - Simply one of Cebu's best dive sites.
- Thresher Point - Deep diving in search of Thresher Sharks.
- Talima Sanctuary - Another of Cebu's fine marine sanctuaries.
- Tambuli - Dive a small plane wreck at 18m.
- Marigondon Cave - Cebu's topography is also great underwater.
- Kontiki, Mactan - A great dive just a few minutes away.
- Santa Rosa, Olango - Just across the channel. Great dive.
- Agus, Mactan - Another one of our great costal dives.
- Hilutungan Marine Sanctuary - Dive in the Hilutungan Marine Sanctuary.
- Nalusuan Marine Sanctuary - Can be an awesome back-to-back trip with Hilutungan!
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