4 spots, sorted by rating within each category.
Siargao's classic tri-island day trip: a bare white sandbar (Naked), a big lazy beach island where boat crews grill a boodle-style seafood lunch (Daku), and a postcard islet ringed by palms and coral (Guyam). Bangka boats leave General Luna all morning and the three stops sit within sight of each other across impossibly turquoise water.
The biggest of General Luna's three offshore islands ('daku' means large), with a long white-sand beach, swaying palms and a small fishing village. This is the lunch stop of the island-hopping circuit — local families grill fresh fish and serve boodle-fight spreads under shady beachfront cottages. The swimming and snorkelling just off the beach are excellent.
A tiny teardrop islet crowned with a mop of coconut palms, floating just off General Luna — the desert-island cliché made real. You can stroll its entire circumference in a few minutes, snorkel the surrounding coral, or claim a patch of sand with a coconut in hand. It's the usual final, sunset-ish stop of the tri-island tour.
A bare crescent of white sand rising out of turquoise water — no trees, no huts, nothing but sandbar and sea, which is exactly the point. It's the classic first stop on General Luna's tri-island hopping run, ideal for a swim and wide-open photos with 360-degree ocean views. The sandbar shrinks and shifts with the tide.