Siargao Water Risk Snapshot Free
A one-page, per-property desk read: public geology, coastal distance, and local knowledge into a risk score, and what a full survey would add.
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What a survey costs (and what it saves).
We price a Siargao water survey against the cost of a bad well, not against our cost. A survey is a small fraction of the drilling spend, and a fraction of one dry hole.
Priced against the bad well, not our cost
A survey pays for itself the first time it stops a bad drill.
A well is a one-way door, and a dry, salty, or low-yield hole is money gone with no refund. So we don't price the survey against what it costs us to do. We price it against what a wrong well costs you. Read against the drilling spend, a survey is a small fraction of it, and a fraction of one dry hole.
That's the whole frame: a survey reads the ground first so you drill once, on measured data. Better odds going in, with no promise of water.
How it's scoped
Start free, then a survey scoped to your site.
The free Risk Snapshot is the first step. After that, a survey is priced by the property: its size, the access on the day, and how many points we read. The big tiers are "from," not flat, which is why every one of them ends in a quote for your parcel.
Drill-Ready Report, Lot Request a quote
Single residential or villa lot, shallow survey.
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Resort, multi-point, or grid.
Request a quote Drill-Ready Report, Deep Request a quote
Deep-aquifer survey for sites needing greater depth.
Request a quoteAn early-customer rate is available, honestly, in exchange for a written-up case study. We'll surface it in your quote.
What's included, per scope
The same three things, every survey.
Seismoelectric readings on your land.
A small number of seismoelectric readings, taken on-site, non-invasively: no drilling, no holes, no chemicals.
The Drill-Ready Report.
Estimated depth and thickness, an indicative yield range, a saltwater-risk indication, a recommended drill location, and a confidence rating, written plainly with the limits stated.
Back within a few business days.
About a day on site, then the written report within a few business days. We live and surf here, so we're back tomorrow, not on a flight.
Optional add-on
NWRB application-readiness package.
We package our survey data and help you assemble a complete Permit-to-Drill and Water-Permit application. We do not represent you before NWRB, do not guarantee approval, and a registered driller and NWRB's own process remain required.
A survey is not a permit and never replaces one. What our data does is make your permit file stronger: a field-measurement report is the kind of evidence the application wants.
What the survey is priced against
The cost of being wrong is the real number.
Here's the spend a survey is measured against: a well is one-shot, and the wrong spot is paid for whether or not it produces. A survey is recovered on the first dry hole it prevents.
Exhibit A: Cost of being wrong FIG. 03 · PHP
| Scenario | Cost (PHP) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Blind drill Success (you guessed right) | ₱150k–900k+one well · by size, depth + 20–40% island logistics | Water at usable depth, acceptable yield, no salt. |
| Blind drill Partial fail (low yield / shallow salt) | ₱150k–900k+the same well, then trucked water ~₱2,000–5,000/load, every dry season, for years | Degraded supply for the life of the property. |
| Blind drill Total fail (dry / unusable salt) | ₱300k–1.8M+two wells: you drill again elsewhere (≈ 2× one well) | Two holes; one site eventually works. |
| Recommended Pre-drill survey + targeted drill | A fraction of the drill+ one well, sited on data | One hole, sited on measured data; depth, indicative yield + salt risk known up front. |
Typical Siargao drilling ranges. Depth, access, and rig availability set the exact figure; your driller's quote is the real number. Either way, a well is one-shot: once it's drilled, the spend is gone whether or not it produces.
A survey is a small fraction of the drilling spend, and a fraction of one dry hole.
Straight answers
Questions people ask before they drill.
How much does it cost to find water on my land?
A pre-drill survey costs a small fraction of what drilling costs, and far less than one dry hole. We price per property by size, access, and how many points we read, so the accurate answer is a quote for your parcel. For context, a Philippine deep well often runs from the low hundreds of thousands of pesos into the millions depending on depth and casing, and a wrong spot means paying to drill twice. We read your ground first and put the likely depth, the yield range, and the saltwater risk in writing, so you drill once, on data.
How much does it cost to drill a deep well in the Philippines and on Siargao?
A deep well in the Philippines does not have one fixed price, and on Siargao island logistics push it higher. Real project examples range widely: a 91 meter borehole came to roughly PHP 1 million, an economic-zone well to about PHP 1.3 million, and a 200 meter project to around PHP 9 million, while smaller barangay wells can be much cheaper. Cost scales mainly with depth and the steel casing required, which makes depth uncertainty the biggest budget risk. A registered driller's quote is the real number. We read your ground first and estimate the depth, then point to one location, so you drill once and do not pay to drill twice.
How can I avoid drilling a dry well and wasting money on a failed hole on Siargao?
Read the ground before you drill, not after. On Siargao's karst limestone, water moves through uneven fractures, so a blind drill can miss a productive zone by a few meters, and a dry hole is sunk cost you usually pay again to re-drill elsewhere. A pre-drill survey estimates the most likely depth, an indicative yield range, and saltwater risk, then points to one recommended location, which turns a guess into a measured decision. Think of the survey as insurance on a six-figure-peso spend: you drill once, on data, instead of gambling the rig.
Is a water survey worth it before drilling, or should I just drill and hope?
A survey is worth it because it costs a small fraction of drilling and turns a blind gamble into a measured decision. You would not pour a foundation without a soil test, and a water survey is the same diligence for what is under the ground. It gives you a written, independent read on the most likely depth, an indicative yield range, and saltwater-intrusion risk, so one precise hole is sited on data. That is how you avoid paying to drill twice: you spend a fraction up front and drill once on a measured location.
Free Risk Snapshot
Request a quote for your site, starting with a free Risk Snapshot.
Tell us about your property. We'll come back with a straight read on what to expect, and a quote scoped to your parcel: its size, the access, and the points we read. No obligation, and nothing oversold.