The many dive sites around boracay offer very good variety, from easy shallow walls to deep drop-offs and fast drift-dives. Numerous sites offer excellent opportunities for encounters with large fish and close views of soft and hard coral, sponges, nudibranches, sea stars and sea cucumbers. Most of the Pacific fish species are resident around Boracay, including sharks as well as manta rays and turtles. Lobster and sea snakes can be seen at some times.