Anchorage· Malampaya Sound / Capoas Peninsula· Philippines
Alligator Island Anchorage (Malampaya Sound)
10° 50.8′ N · 119° 17.7′ E
The Southeast Asia Pilot's recommended all-conditions anchorage deep inside Malampaya Sound, with the river town of Calapa ashore and Mt Capoas towering over the sound.
Practical
Southeast Asia Pilot: 10°50.781'N 119°17.720'E, recommended for most conditions; the town of Calapa is ashore on the river. The pilot also lists Taitai Bay, about 5 nm NW of Alligator Island, as a hurricane hole where high surrounding hills keep the water calm. Inside the sound there is little fringing reef to worry about, but more plankton and non-stinging jellyfish; Pancol village deep in the sound has a concrete pier and sari-sari stores with ice and cold beer (undated sailor's blog; verify locally). Malampaya Sound is a protected landscape and seascape (since 2000) and home to the Philippines' only Irrawaddy dolphins.
Best for
All-weather shelter in the sound
Nearby
- White Island Anchorage (Capoas Peninsula)3.2 NM away
- Capoas Bay Anchorage3.3 NM away
- Irrawaddy Dolphins of Malampaya Sound4.4 NM away
- Emergency Point Anchorage (Mt Capoas)4.8 NM away
- Malapina Island Anchorage (Malampaya Sound)5 NM away
- Pirate's Hole (Malampaya Sound)6.3 NM away
- Cape Ross Anchorage6.5 NM away
- Malampaya Sound NE Anchorage (Typhoon Shelter)6.8 NM away