Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

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  1. Gorgonian Wall
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    Location: NW Cabilao
    Depth: 18-140ft. (5-42m)


This beautiful wall runs the length
of a football field out from shore. It
starts at 18 ft. (5m) and goes down
to the depths past sport diving
limits. This is a rich wall that is
completely covered with different
kinds of corals, giant Gorgonian sp.
sea fans and sponges. It also has
great topography with many small
caves and overhangs. All along the
wall is plenty of hard and soft coral,
fish, rare nudibranchs, frogfish and
pygmy seahorses.
Also, this is the sign of a healthy
reef, occasional mature Napoleon
wrasses cruise by. For nice light this
one is especially recommended for
afternoon dives.


88) Lighthouse 2
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Location: NW Cabilao
Depth: 15-65ft. (4-20m)

This site is on a very nice slope
with sandy bottom, which is
partially overgrown with sea grass
and individual coral formations. It
gently declines from shore to the
wall to a depth of approximately 65
ft. (19m). It is also home to a great
variety of species like devilfish, leaf
fish, robust and harlequin ghost
pipefish, sleepy little sea moths,
stonefish, moray eels, sea kraits, the
beautiful harlequin shrimp, mantis
shrimps and an extraordinary
variety of nudibranchs. To add to
that, occasionally eagle rays will
also swim by. This is also a good
spot for large sea turtles. And back
in the macro category, divers also

Soft corals at Lighthouse
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