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1.
Odie's Wall
2. Manila Channel
3. Coral Gardens
4. Batangas Channel
5. The Hill
6. Big LaLaguna
7. Dry Dock
8. LaLaguna Point
9. Small LaLaguna
10. Alma Jane
11. St. Christopher
12. Sabang Wrecks
13. Sabang Bay
14. The Sea Grass
15. Sabang Point
16. Monkey Beach
17. Ernie's Wall
18. Dungon Wall
19. Wreck Point
20. West Escarceo
21. Hole in the Wall
22. Canyons
23. Fish Bowl
24. Horse Head
25. Shark Cave
26. Atoll
27. Kilima Steps
28. Kilima Drift
29. Sinandigan Wall
30. Turtle Rock
31. Coral Cove
32. Boulders
33. Japanese Wreck
34. Verde Island, Drop off
35. The Washing Machine, Verde Island
36. Chicken Feather Island, Hot Springs
37. Chicken Feather Island, East Side
Canyons
75-90 ft
Advanced
High voltage drift dive through deep canyons teeming with sweetlips, trevallies,
drums, batfish and big sea fans. Kneel on the sandy bottom next to a sheltering
canyon wall to take in the jacks, barracuda and snapper in the current
above your head. This will also give you time to search the canyon for
sea snakes, octopus and scorpionfish. Manta rays, thresher sharks and
hammerhead sharks have all been spotted here as well.
Sinandigan
Wall
15-90 ft
Intermediate
Nudibranch heaven! Hundreds of colorful nudibranchs representing 15 different
species and countless sea cucumbers join leaf fish, harlequin sweetlips,
warty frogfish, crocodile fish and almost every kind of anemone fish there
is! Lionfish and cuttlefish are also attracted to the sponges and green
tree coral that cover the wall.
Hole
in the Wall
15-45 ft
Beginner to Advanced
A short, wide swim-through at 36 ft through a wall covered with soft coral
attracts schools of drummers, sweetlips, trevallies and snapper, as well
as octopus, frogfish, turtles and sea snakes. Watch out for lionfish,
scorpionfish and hydroids as you swim through! The other side of the wall
is covered in soft coral, sponges, green tree coral and fans and is a
popular hangout for morays and puffers.
La
Laguna Point
9-60 ft
Beginner to Intermediate
A small wall with a very healthy reef is home to colonies of anemone fish,
clownfish, scorpionfish, schools of longfin bannerfish, sweetlips, cardinal
fish, triggerfish, and lionfish. Also enjoy a large variety of nudibranchs,
as well as moray and blue ribbon eels. A sandy channel complete with big
sea fans between two coral hills usually houses frogfish, octopus and
schools of snapper.
Kilima
Steps
15-90 ft
Intermediate
Known for it’s fantastic diversity of fish and corals, this dive site
consists of flat areas broken up by ridges at all depths. Schools of anthius,
surgeonfish, angel fish, butterfly fish, parrotfish and many other reef
fishes join morays, frogfish, banded sea snakes, turtles and octopus.
Other visitors include a school of batfish, a large school of longnose
emperor fish, red tooth triggerfish and pygmy seahorses.
Sabang
Bay
15-60 ft
Beginner
Great critter dive plus the remains of a Japanese fighter plane nearby!
Large sandy areas provide the opportunity to see skeleton shrimp, demon
stingers hiding in the sand and juvenile frogfish. Undulating fields of
pink coral hide nudibranchs and mantis shrimp. A plethora of pufferfish,
snake eels, surgeonfish and stargazers allow you the chance to get up
close and personal. Turtles are also prevalent here.
Alma
Jane Wreck
60-90 ft
Intermediate to Advanced
Originally a Filipino cargo vessel, the Alma Jane was sunk in 2003 and
is now a perfect artificial reef standing upright on the sandy bottom.
Sweetlips, batfish, rabbit fish, scorpionfish, and pufferfish surround
the hull, while lionfish, trumpet fish, frogfish, snapper and a variety
of shrimp await discovery as you swim through the wreck.
Coral
Gardens
15-45 ft
Beginner
Coral heads, giant plate corals, staghorn corals and barrel sponges surround
soft corals teeming with anthius, parrotfish, large schools of sergeant
majors, damsel fish, butterfly fish and angel fish. Careful observation
will also reveal gobies, lizard fish, shrimps, scorpionfish, juvenile lionfish
and grouper. This is also a great site for snorkelers!
Manila
Channel
15-69 ft
Beginner to Intermediate
A beautiful reef covered with stony hard corals slopes off to a sandy
bottom. Schooling anthius, butterfly fish and sergeant majors are everywhere
as you drift into the channel past small walls covered with potato coral,
purple gorgonia and green tree corals. In the channel, you'll encounter
large barrel sponges, commensal shrimp on long whip corals, fire urchins
and mushroom corals. You'll also spot nudibranchs, mantis shrimp, cuttlefish,
lionfish, scorpionfish and giant frogfish.
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