Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

This is also one of a handful of
sites in the area that are both
protected and allow fish feeding.
This makes getting fish photos pretty
easy. Just don’t throw out too much
food at once or there could be a
frenzy of damsels, surgeons and
batfish creating havoc.
At around 48 ft. (14m) there is
the small cross from which the site
gets its name. The cross was blessed
by Pope John Paul II and placed
here in 1983 by then Gen. Fidel V.
Ramos, who went on to become
president of the Philippines.
It is possible to go deeper than
100 ft. (30m), but there isn’t much
to see below the Cathedral’s area.
Enjoy the diverse marine life which

is plentiful and includes

nudibranchs, Moorish idols,

butterflyfish, clownfish hanging

around some large anemones,

angelfish, triggerfish, wrasses,

parrotfish, damsels, puffers,

surgeons and even, in the shallows,

juvenile batfish.

16) Basura 1

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Location: NE of Babalangit Point

Depth: 53-100 ft. (16-30 m)

This is one of the more famous

critter dives in Anilao as far as sheer

variety of strange muck creatures

goes. Some divers say night diving

here is best and they do three dives

Octopus in a bottle shard