Ducomi Pier
Temporarily closed to diving. An atmospheric but easy-to-navigate muck dive around a concrete pier, home to nudibranchs, batfish, seahorses and sometimes frogfish.
Ducomi Pier is temporarily closed to diving. We are keeping this guide online and will add the site back to our dive schedule as soon as diving here is possible again. In the meantime, Malatapay Pier and The Pier offer similar pier-side muck diving.
Ducomi Pier is a concrete pier just 50 metres from the beach, reaching a depth of around 20 metres. It has a slightly eerie feel, with pillars disappearing into the gloom, yet it is an easy site to navigate and home to a diverse range of marine life.
The dive
The maximum depth is between 18 and 24 metres. The pier itself gives you a clear reference point for the whole dive, so you can concentrate on searching rather than on navigation.
You will see some debris on the seabed. Don’t let it put you off: it has become part of the habitat, and many of the critters you are looking for shelter in and around it.
What you might see
- Nudibranchs on the pillars and the debris around them
- Batfish, which often hang in the shade of piers and wrecks
- Seahorses, holding on to debris with their tails
- Frogfish, if you are lucky, perfectly camouflaged against sponges and rubble
Who it suits
Macro lovers and anyone who enjoys the atmosphere of diving around man-made structures. It is a good site to practise slow, careful searching.
Our tip
Dive on Nitrox to make the most of your bottom time. Enriched Air is available for certified divers, or you can take the Enriched Air Nitrox course with us.
Good to know
- Ducomi Pier is not a marine sanctuary.
- Please keep hands off the debris: it is home to many of the animals you came to see.
Diving near Dauin while Ducomi is closed
We dive the Dauin coast every day, with full rental equipment included in our dive rates. See our Dauin diving and prices, or build your dive trip and tell us which sites you would like to see.