doesn’t keep it from being a great
artificial reef and lots of critters
have been attracted to it. The site is
home to seahorses, ghost pipefish,
sea moths and frogfish. The site gets
the name from a deep remnant
down the sand slope at 100 to 110
ft. (28m to 30m). Here rests an old
Philippine-made outrigger boat.
Although there is not much coral
life to see, marine diversity is quite
good. It is an excellent spot for
macro lovers, photographers,
advanced and NITROX divers.
Nearby is also an artificial reef of
old tires. There are hingebeak
shrimp of all sizes found in this
cleaning station and schools of
snapper. On the banca, look for
more cleaner shrimp that will come
out and clean a diver’s teeth if given
a chance. Juvenile sweetlips,
angelfish, mantis shrimp and others
can be seen here. Keep and eye out
for stonefish and scorpionfish that
can be found in the sand and in the
old wreck.
Make your way back up the slope
and you will find thorny seahorses,
pygmy cuttlefish, harlequin ghost
pipefish, beautiful male elegant
sand divers, roaming nudibranchs,
juvenile lionfish and lots more. The
shallows have sea grasses good for
even more small stuff and look out
for the possibility of a mimic
octopus which has been seen here.73) The Car Wreck
Icons:
Location: North Dauin
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30m)The Car Wreck site actually
adjoins the Banca Wreck. Go down
to 90 ft. (27m) and there are the
wrecks of two cars that are now
encrusted in marine life. Look
around to see what is living in the
vehicles now.
In this sandy area, there are robust
ghost pipefish, crabs, sea moths,
moray eels and other creatures. Two
cars are surrounded by concrete
pipes and steel boxes. This makes itOrnate ghost pipefish
catches prey