Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

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at around 10 ft. (3m) and slopes
down to a wall at 40 ft. (12m), with
many table corals on it.
The vertical wall goes down to
past 130 ft. (40m). Many crevasses,
black corals and whip corals can be
seen along this wall. Keep an eye
out for colorful cardinalfish
including pyjama cardinalfish that
like to hover over the reeftop table
corals. There are also a lot of sea
anemones with a variety of
anemonefish like spinecheeks and
one-stripe anemonefish.



  1. Doljo Point
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    Location: NW Panglao Island
    Depth: 18-130 ft. (5-39 m)


Doljo point is about 40 minutes
away from Alona Beach by boat.
The reeftop starts at 18 ft. (5m), with


a combination vertical wall and
steep slope starting at 25 ft. and
down to the depths.
Giant sea fans, leather corals,
elephant ear sponges and barrel
sponges decorate the steep slope.
Look out for giant frogfish that like
to sit in the green leather coral.
There are also many angelfish and
butterflyfish.
This is a good site to keep looking
into the blue as big pelagics like
Spanish mackerel, barracudas and
eagle rays all swim by.

99) Gak Ang
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Location: West of Panglao Island
Depth: 18-80 ft. (5-24m)

Gak Ang sits off southwestern
Panglao and is a great dive for
macro shooters and wide angle

Soft coral on dropoff
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