Green turtles in numbers grazing seagrass in 3-5m, you snorkel among a dozen of them, plus one of the best-recovered hard coral…Green turtles in numbers grazing seagrass in 3-5m, you snorkel among a dozen of them, plus one of the best-recovered hard coral gardens in Asia and a wall with trevally and barracuda. Small enough to swim, healthy enough to shame reefs ten times its size. The founding case study of community-managed marine protection, from 1982, Silliman University worked with the island's 700 residents to close part of their own reef to fishing. Catches outside the zone rose sharply, the community became the enforcers, and the Apo model has since been replicated across hundreds of Philippine villages. Anchorage: Anchor off the island in sand, the sanctuary zone is no-anchor. Exposed; a day trip from the Dauin coast. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally. Mehr