Sogod Bay Scuba Resort

How To Get There

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is located in Barangay Lungsodaanin the municipality of Hinundayan. Guests can fly in from Manila to Tacloban Airport, and take either a taxi or mini-van to the resort or guests may request for airport transportation.

Dive Overview

The Province of Southern Leyte lies between Bohol, Cebu, Surigao, and Leyte. The area around Sogod Bay has more than 20 outstanding scuba diving sites, the few are considered the best in the Eastern Visayas region or in the Philippines like the famous Napantao Wall in the municipality of San Francisco.

Accommodation Overview

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort has six oceanfront rooms that offer spectacular views of the bay and amenities which include airconditioning, cable TV, refrigerator minibar, ceiling fan, ensuite bathroom (with hot shower), and a beachfront terrace overlooking the sea.

Food & Drinks

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort's restaurant is open daily from 7 am 9 pm for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Enjoy dining with fabulous views of Sogod Bay on our alfresco dining terrace. Offering an la carte menu that caters to western as well as local tastes, our restaurant is highlighted by a daily specials menu that features such dishes as fresh kinilaw (raw seafood salad, a Filipino delicacy), spicy Singaporean pork, Filipino chicken, chili garlic king prawns, and grilled Wahoo with chili black bean sauce.

They also make freshly baked bread and brewed & espresso coffee. The bar is always well-stocked with a plentiful supply of red and white wines, spirits, refreshing cocktails and of course cold beer! Enjoy the friendly atmosphere where you will always find good conversation.

Dive Information & Itineraries

Sogod Bay Dive Sites

There are 5 great dives right outside the resort. The dives range from 15 up to 40 meters and comprise of: Maxs Climax 1 and 2 (wall dives); Voltaires Rock; Bulawarte and a wreck dive. All these dives have plenty of big fish action when current is moving. Were also lucky enough to have pygmy seahorses, frogfish and hawksbill turtles. Diverse soft and hard corals abound including huge gorgonian fans and a massive number of developed whip corals.

Sunok is one of our more established dive sites, but it has become very popular with whale sharks between early November until May. The resort has had a 100% success rate diving with the whale sharksin past seasons. The whale sharks follow plankton and jellyfish and for that reason, it cannot be promised they will be there all of the time.

To the north of the resort (about a 20-to-30-minute boat ride away), there are 4 great dive sites: Bunga Bend, Whip City, Cantamac and Malitbog wreck. These sites vary in depth from 15 to 35 meters and have diverse fish and coral life: nudibranchs, ribbon eels, pygmy seahorses, ghost pipefish and manta shrimp.

To the south of the resort (about a 10-to-30-minute boat ride away) are Medicare and Limasawa Island. Tankan and Santa Sofia have a fantastic array of colorful soft corals and huge barrel corals. Mandarin Fish, turtles, eagle rays, batfish, and frogfish are frequent visitors to these sites. The famous Limasawa Island is not only famous for Magellans visit but also for the incredible diving. Adrians Cove and Zacks Cove dive sites are 20 to 50 meters deep and have dark eerie steep walls with gorgonian fans and massive table corals. We often see nudibranchs and occasionally the odd hammerhead!

Directly across Sogod Bay from the resort lies Panoan Island and the Napantao dive site. The dive is also a marine sanctuary with a large wall dropping to depths of 50 meters. Giant gorgonian fans are abundant on the wall. It is spectacular on a sunny day and looks absolutely majestic. When the current is ripping hard large pelagic fish are often seen here. This is one dive you must not miss while you're visiting our resort!

Night Dives - Padre Burgos jetty and Malibog wreck are our two first-class night dives. Both dives are in shallow water. If you are a photographer or want to see something unusual come along on these dives. Seahorse, frogfish, nudibranch, reptilian eel, octopus, razorfish, slipper crabs are only just a few of the creatures you will see while diving at these sites.

Dive Center Information

The Kermit, Sogod Bay Scuba Resort's dive boat

SOGOD BAY SCUBA RESORT Dive Center Overview

The resort offers state of the art diving equipment and its dedicated staff can give you professional and friendly advice for all of your diving needs.

Guided dive tours: Sogod Bay Dive Resort's divemasters all have extensive local experience you can choose from over 20 untouched dive sites. The dive guide to divers ratio is no more than 6 divers per guide.

The resort has 2 dive boats: a 73-ft banka dive boat named Dako Kermit (28 pax) and a 63ft banka dive boat called Kermit 2 (25 pax). Both have been fitted out to make your diving experience an enjoyable one. Dive gear includes Cressi BCDs, Regs and wetsuits; Luxfer tanks all serviced and maintained to a high standard. Bauer and Coltri Sub compressors; nitrox and cascade systems will ensure a quick and efficient filling service for our customers.

Practical Information

• Electricity: 220V
• Time zone: UTC+8
• Languages: Tagalog & English