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Popolcan West is also known as Popolcan Under Water Forrest due to its deep laying pinnacles sprinkled with different soft and whip corals. It's a 45 minutes ride away from El Nido town by Bangka boat, so not every dive shop goes there every day.
Divers either follow the slope that at some spots turn into a wall - and do an easy shallow dive. Or you can start at the mooring line that goes down to 30 meters, turn West and jump from pinnacle to pinnacle. Make sure to bring a compass as its prett…
Popolcan West is also known as Popolcan Under Water Forrest due to its deep laying pinnacles sprinkled with different soft and whip corals. It's a 45 minutes ride away from El Nido town by Bangka boat, so not every dive shop goes there every day.
Divers either follow the slope that at some spots turn into a wall - and do an easy shallow dive. Or you can start at the mooring line that goes down to 30 meters, turn West and jump from pinnacle to pinnacle. Make sure to bring a compass as its pretty easy to loose orientation between those single coral blocks. Then you turn East and end the dive at the slope. Be aware there can be currents in the channel and the visibility is often different than on other dive sites nearby.
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