Alona Beach

Named after one naked run in 1973. Busy ever since.

How we rated it: up one for a sourced find (it is named after an actress who ran naked along it for a 1973 film). Nothing on record takes it down. Photo: Павел Бондарчук · CC BY 3.0

The hang

Alona Beach is named after the actress Alona Alegre, who ran naked along it in 1973 for the film Esteban. It sits at the south-west tip of Panglao Island, Bohol, about 2 km from Bohol-Panglao International Airport and 20 km from Tagbilaran port: white sand, rocky cliffs and a coral reef that makes it a popular dive spot. Lonely Planet says family-friendly resorts line it. A taxi from the Tagbilaran ferry terminal costs ₱500 to 600, a tricycle ₱350 to 450. The underwater current can be strong at times and turns the water cloudy. It is Panglao's most popular spot. We measured 837 metres.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: June and August (30.1 °C), then May. Coolest: February (28.3 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: Rarely: it is Panglao's most popular spot.
Getting there: About 2 km from Bohol-Panglao International Airport and 20 km from Tagbilaran port, by car, motorbike, airport bus or jeepney.
Cost reality: From the Tagbilaran ferry terminal: taxi ₱500 to 600, tricycle ₱350 to 450.
The catch nobody tells you: The underwater current can be quite strong at times, and the water turns turbid.

The year at Alona Beach

Warmest sea in June and August. Fewest wet days in July. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

28.8

28.3

28.4

29.3

30.1

29.8

30.1

29.9

29.6

29.5

Air (°C)

27.3

27.5

27.8

28.3

28.1

29.1

27.2

27.5

27.4

Sun (h/day)

9.9

9.5

11.4

10.2

9.7

9.6

8.7

9.8

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

3 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

564 mKalipayan Beach41 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.1 kmDanao Beach1,207 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.5 kmDumaluan beach2,788 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Panglao's most popular beach; many visitors never leave it.

The receipts

Restaurants, bars and resorts on both sides of the beach; a reef for diving.

The facts · we measured

Length: 837 m
Mean width: 21.4 m
Area: 17,921 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 30.1 °C in Jun
Coldest sea (2025): 28.3 °C in Feb
Sea by month, °C: Jan 28.8 · Feb 28.3 · Mar 28.4 · Apr 29.3 · May 30.0 · Jun 30.1 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 30.1 · Sep 29.9 · Oct 29.9 · Nov 29.6 · Dec 29.5