Club Paradise Resort is centrally located in a known Scuba Diving area of Palawan, Philippines. The reef surrounding the island, known as the Housereef is a preferred site because of easy access and its abundant fish life. Next to this reef is a known feeding ground for green turtles and the dugong (sea cow).
A few other reefs can be accessed from the resort within 20 minutes. Another prime dive site, the Japanese freighter Kyokuzan Maru, can be reached within 30 minutes from the resort. Moreover, with “M/V Karen Claire”, divers can go to Apo Reef Natural Park, a world-class diving destination, or to the western-side of Busuanga where there is good number of wrecks from World War II.
House Reef
This Japanese freighter measures about 152 m long and lies almost upright. The main structures remain intact. It carries in one of its holds a car and a truck. This wreck provides shelter to batfishes and substrate for the ubiquitous bivalves. Fusiliers, trevallies, barracudas and rays are occasionally sighted.
Kyokuzan Maru (Wreck)
This Japanese freighter measures about 152 m long and lies almost upright. The main structures remain intact. It carries in one of its holds a car and a truck. This wreck provides shelter to batfishes and substrate for the ubiquitous bivalves. Fusiliers, trevallies, barracudas and rays are occasionally sighted.
Apo Reef
Very dramatic drop-offs down to about 400 m. The steep walls are well covered with corals, sponges, tunicates, nudibranchs and slugs. The coral formation is magnificent at the plateau. Green and hawksbill turtles and multitude of fish including damselfish, butterfly fish, batfish, surgeonfish, snappers, fusiliers and trevallies are usually seen. Strong currents increase the chance of sighting mantas, great barracudas and sharks. This reef is also known as the Apo Reef Natural Park.
Dimakya Island, home to Club Paradise, is a turtle nesting site. The place boasts an extensive hatchling rearing and release program. Under protection for over 15 years, the House Reef is one of the best reefs around. With beach-entry, you just gear up and go whenever you like. Dugong-watching is a professionally produced eco-tourism activity, takes divers and non-divers along the lengthy coast of Busuanga to see gentle dugongs in the wild. The Apo Reef Natural Park, with more than 20 dive sites, will truly fascinate you with its magnificent walls and large fish species. The reef plateau will surely impress divers and snorkelers alike.