Beaches in General Santos

General Santos City has a lot of beach sites in its area where you can dip your feet in, wade in, dive in, or snorkel at. Most have an abundance of live water species and soft coral beds. If you want to explore them, here are some of the wonderful beach sites to go to:

Tampuan or Tinoto Wall Complex

Known to many as The Wall, this dive site has a reported depth level of around 200m. You can see this about 50km from city of General Santos in Tinoto Village. The wall is actually a bed of interesting things to see such as the sea fans, sponges, hydroids, tunicates, and other life forms where the reef fish, cucumbers, nudibranchs, and crustaceans live. It is really an awesome sight to behold. As you wade in the waters, you would get to see other larger life forms such as the bump head parrotfish, eagle and mantra rays, tuna, shoaling fish, and occasional hammerhead sharks.

Veterans Beach

The Veterans Beach is actually a Sulifman Diving Site to many. You can find this at the end of the wall (or the Tampuan or Tinoto Wall Complex) where the seabed gently slopes off. There are some areas where an odd vision of blast damage can be seen located at the upper areas. The place is secured, so you wont have to worry too much. You can avail of inexpensive cottages where the rent for the day is, basically, around P150. The Veterans beach is just like the other beach sites in General Santos City since it usually gives you an interesting exploration of the deep when you choose to dive in its waters.

London Beach Resort

Another pride of General Santos City is the London Beach Resort. Among the beach sites, this resort also has very friendly accommodation services. To keep lovers of the water safe, a bamboo safety boom is made to enclose the swimming area. This particular safety boom has continuously been replaced since the old bamboo safety boom sunk in the waters now forming an interesting artificial reef which serves as a safe haven for many water creatures. In this resort, you would be able to see some moray eels, and scorpion fish as well as other species.

TBoli Beach Resort

The TBoli Beach Resort in General Santos City is also a good choice to check out when you visit this city. Unlike most of the other beach sites in the Philippines, the TBoli Beach Resort has cheaper accommodations. This also has a small reef, and the place is deemed to be good for water sports.

Rajah Beach Resort

Rajah Beach Resort is another of General Santos quality resorts and beach sites to go to. Its wide stretch of sand and small corals makes it an inviting place to stay in. This is also one of those dive sites that many divers in the beginners level and the more advanced levels prefer to go to for a wet and pleasurable adventure into the deep.

Maharlika Beach Resort

This is actually the biggest resort in General Santos City and is said to be the best of the beach sites. On shore, there is a fresh water swimming pool to enjoy. For divers, there is a larger area where lots of water species including the snappers, wrasse, Moorish idols, sweetlips, groupers, emperors, yellowtail barracuda, mackerel, cow fish, turretfish, filefish, and more can be seen.

Beach sites in General Santos City are truly a divers paradise. But for those who do not wish to dive, there are also swimming pools within the resorts to please you. Many like the live water species they see in the waters. Others just like to hang around the sites. Whatever you choose to do, going to these places can surely be a delightful experience for you.