Cave entrance
Pawod Underwater Cave
The entrance pool of a small brackish cave on Mactan Island, used locally for bathing; about 258 m of passage was mapped in 2016, narrowing to low tunnels beyond the first 40 m.
The entrance pool sits close to the Mactan circumferential highway and is used by local residents for bathing and recreation. Beyond about the first 39 m the passages are narrow with low ceilings, according to the 2016 survey by the Filipino Cave Divers.
The survey team flagged road run-off as a risk because no barrier separates the highway from the entrance.
The environment
Brackish water in narrow, low limestone passages.
For orientation, not navigation. Hollow dots are approximate.
Every fact on this page, with its source (6)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Passages are narrow with low ceilings beyond the first 39.20 m from the entrance; the entrance is about 15 m from the circumferential highway and is used by locals for bathing. | Reported | [1] |
| The water is brackish, with a possible connection to the sea. | Reported | [1] |
| An FCD post title refers to the site as 'Docboy's Cave aka the Pawod Underwater Cave System'. | Reported | [2] |
| The survey report does not describe any diver access arrangement. | Reported | [1] |
| Coordinates are the Agus locality centre, not the cave.Area-level point. | Verified | [3] |
| Coordinates are the Agus locality centre, not the cave.Area-level point. | Verified | [3] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
Written in our own words from the sources above. Report a correction