Returning to dive Mactan Island, I have to check my memory as it was some time ago, the best way is to check some old certification cards. I was passed out as competent based on the dives I did back then for the cost of PADI registration.
The walls are pretty much vertical, there is nice soft coral growth and some pretty decent gorgonian fans. The grey sky encountered on every dive really didn't allow the walls and corals to light up as well as they could.
That being said, the walls were pretty good, the marine life was pretty decent and the currents not too savage. What I did see was a build-up of silt on the wall, corals and fans, there were suspended particles from the water movement that clouds visibility but I still found it fairly decent.
As Mactan Island is the site of the international airport, flights from Asia are landing on a regular basis. Chinese, Hong Kong, South Korean and Japanese tour groups are regulars on the Mactan walls after arriving on short haul flights, spending a couple of days in a resort diving before jetting home.
Mactan Island is a fairly decent place to dive, it is not really world class diving, but more than acceptable for a short-term dive holiday. The Mactan walls are well preserved, there are numerous dive boat operators moored in the bay and from what I experienced, they don't have to travel far to drop divers on a decent site and they use moorings.
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