Chapel Point (Apo Island)

Below the village chapel, Apo's western shore slopes away under one of the healthiest hard-coral canopies in the Visayas, acres of staghorn, table, and foliose growth so continuous that sand barely shows. This is the island at its most benign: green turtles surface and settle on their own circuit, anthias haze the coral tops, moorish idols and butterflyfish work the seams, and the odd hawksbill rasps at sponges on the short walls. Depth and current stay polite, making it the standard counterweight to Coconut Point's adrenaline on a two-dive Apo day. Snorkelers over the shallows do nearly as well as the divers.

您此行的高光时刻: Unbroken hard-coral fields, point-blank turtles, the gentle half of an Apo day

地形地貌: Dense hard-coral slope with short wall sections

水流: Mostly relaxed; occasional flow toward the adjacent points.

入水方式: Named for the small chapel ashore; usually a gentle mooring dive on the island's western side.

危险因素: Minimal; shallow coral demands careful buoyancy.

许可证与规定: Island visitor and dive fees apply.

保育: Decades of village stewardship built this coral cover; a single fin strike undoes years, and wardens watch for exactly that.