Anchorage· Malajon (Black Island)· Philippines
Black Island Mooring (Nanshin Maru)
12° 9.3′ N · 119° 49.2′ E
A heavy wreck mooring 100 m off Black Island's beach, in 90 ft of water, the only practical way for a yacht to overnight at this remote karst island with its caves and the Nanshin Maru below.
Practical
Sloepmouche (2017): big black mooring on the Nanshin Maru wreck at 12 09.27N 119 49.19E, bottom about 90 ft (27 m), about 100 m from the beach; they checked it and found it sturdy enough overnight. No Globe, weak Smart. Brigadoon (2013): mooring buoy in 60 ft, close to land. Dinghy or swim ashore to a steep beach with small palapas. The Nanshin Maru (Japanese tanker, 40-50 m) lies with its stern top at 20 m facing shore and bow at 30 m: an easy wreck, best at slack tide. The caves are a few hundred metres from the beach (12 09.16N 119 49.09E), clean and well marked; bring torches. Expect a fee: about PHP 200 per person for wreck plus caves (2017) or PHP 150 for the caves (2013); verify locally. About 16 nm from Busuanga Bay. Exposed to the west and to the SW monsoon; settled weather only.
Best for
Overnighting at Black Island and diving the Nanshin Maru
Season
Nov-May in settled NE trades
Nearby
- Nanshin Maru Wreck (Black Island)Right here
- Black Island (Malajon)0.3 NM away
- Babac Island Anchorage (Gutob Bay)3.4 NM away
- Salvacion Anchorage (Gutob Bay)6.1 NM away
- Salvacion Public Market and Stores (Busuanga Poblacion)6.8 NM away
- Tarahomonan Festival (Salvacion, Busuanga)6.8 NM away
- Malatayoc Island Anchorage7.5 NM away
- Calauit Cut Anchorage7.9 NM away