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Coron
Part of the Calamian Group.
History
Caught by surprise, the eleven ships of the Japanese supply fleet were at anchor, and sunk at depths of 10 to 43 meters. Eight of these ships are in Coron Bay, an hour boat ride from Dive Right - Coron. Designated as National Historical Sites, each wrecks are alive with soft and hard corals and teeming with marine life. The wrecks are surrounded by Japanese owned cultured pearl farms.
Unknown Freighter
Ship History
Possibly the Taiei Maru, lying on its starboard side in Coron Bay.Shipwreck
This is a beautiful wreck dive site where you can observe groupers, sweetlips, occasionally turtles and sea snakes. Hard corals cover the port side, which is only 12 to 16 meters below the surface. See if you can find the two resident trumpet fish that hang out half a meter over the part side corals. Many scorpion fish hang out around the wreck area. Keep your eyes open and stay neutrally buoyant!The big cargo rooms and the engine room allow easy penetration of this wreck for Wreck Diver Certified divers. If you dive from 10 AM to 2 PM on a sunny day you get a cathederal like effect from the beams of sunlight entering the cargo holds through the holes in the port side. The two massive boilers in the center of the ship are a big attraction on this dive. You can pass behind the boilers and see the damage resulting from one of the bomb strikes that disabled the ship. It is possible to do a swim-through and pass from bow to stern without exiting the ship.
12-16m deck
25m bottom
FreighterLength
137m
East Tangat Wreck
Ship History
This ship was a small gunboat or submarine hunter 40 meters long.Shipwreck
Inclined on the coral reef on the east side of Tangat Island.
3m bow
22m bottom
Gunboat/Sub HunterLength
40m
Lusong Island Wreck
Ship History
This wreck was also a gunboat or submarine hunter.Shipwreck
The stern breaks the surface at low tide. Location: In front of the east side of Lusong Island. This wreck is great for snorkeling. It is nicely covered with hard corals and offers a nice variety of fish life.IJN
Gunboat/Sub HunterLength
40m
0m bow
11m bottom
Skeleton Wreck
This wreck is the keel, ribs and stringers of a steel-hulled boat. Location: Northwest corner of Coron Island
This wreck was beached with the bow a dozen meters from Coron Island. The stern points directly away from the island. A pass through on the starboard side of the hull at 14 meters allows you to swim from the inside of the boat out over the coral reef.
5m bow
22m bottom
Gunboat/Sub HunterLength
25m