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Caves and caverns of Cebu and Coron

Barracuda Lake (Coron Island)

  • Max depth35 m
  • CertificationFull cave
  • Water temperature≈ 28–38 °Cestimated, no reports yet
  • SpecialExperienced divers
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The dive

On the way down you pass three layers: warm fresh water to 4 m, then about 10 m of clear salt water at 28 °C, and from 14 m down to 34 m water of as much as 38 °C.

The cave is very narrow, dark and often silted: one diver fits. For cave divers only (Sangat), with a good torch, a backup torch and an independent reserve gas source; Sangat advises going no more than 30 m in. Pirates names Advanced Open Water, but only for the lake.
Source: Sangat Island Dive Resort – Other dives (Coron) ↗Source: Pirates Diving Center – Dive sites in Coron ↗
From 14 to 34 m the water is up to 38 °C: Sangat calls it almost uncomfortable. The sediment on the floor takes away the visibility at once.
Source: Sangat Island Dive Resort – Other dives (Coron) ↗Source: Wikipedia – Coron Island ↗
Profile and sections

On the way down you pass three layers: warm fresh water to 4 m, then about 10 m of clear salt water at 28 °C, and from 14 m down to 34 m water of as much as 38 °C. It is clear to 34 m; just above the floor lies a metre of sediment. In the north face is a very narrow cave, marked with a fixed line.

The lake is also called Luluyuan and lies on Coron Island, officially ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa since 1998.

Practical: Sangat Island Dive Resort and Pirates Diving Center dive the lake; Pirates from Advanced Open Water, Sangat takes only cave divers into the cave.

Source: Sangat Island Dive Resort – Other dives (Coron) ↗Source: Pirates Diving Center – Dive sites in Coron ↗Source: Wikipedia – Coron Island ↗
Depth and profile
The lake to 35 m. The cave on the north face is about 90 m long; Sangat advises going no more than 30 m in.
Configuration
The lake: recreational gear. The cave is so narrow that one diver fits and can just turn around: small and streamlined, with a good torch, a backup torch and an independent reserve gas source (estimate).
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Full cave
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 35 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
  • Whole caveExperienced divers only · doesn't decide who may dive
Experienced diversEntry or dive feeThrough a dive centre or guide

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Source: Sangat Island Dive Resort – Other dives (Coron) ↗Source: Pirates Diving Center – Dive sites in Coron ↗Source: Wikipedia – Coron Island ↗

How to get there

By boat to Coron Island, then about 15 minutes' climb over sharp limestone with your full dive gear. Coron Island is ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa: go with a dive centre from Coron.

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Source: Sangat Island Dive Resort – Other dives (Coron) ↗Source: Pirates Diving Center – Dive sites in Coron ↗Source: Wikipedia – Coron Island ↗

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Oct 2026): Scotty's Action Sports Network's pages on Pawod and Marigondon, Filipino Cave Divers on the Pawod cave system (2013) and their 2017 warning, the PADI Travel page of 7 Seas Aquanauts, Kasai Village's own page (2019) and its SSI listing, the dive-site pages of Sangat Island Dive Resort and Pirates Diving Center in Coron, Zentacle, Wikipedia (Coron Island, Coron, Mactan Shrine), the chamber list of divephilippines.com.ph (undated), Cebu Daily News (2019) and divers.ph (2024) on the chambers. Savedra in Moalboal no longer offers cave diving; its caves without another dive centre (Casili, Tuble, Saavedra Cave) are therefore left out. No source gives coordinates for the caves. Certification and configurations are partly estimates.