stingrays and bulldozer shrimp
doing their thing as the sentinel
goby watches warily. Deeper in the
channel look for roaming schools of
catfish, seahorses, plumeworm
colonies, solar powered slugs,
lizardfish and many other unusual
critters. Fish life swirls overhead.
This whole area is beautiful above
the water and has some unique
marine life down below. Sites like
Coral Gardens, The Hill (which is
considered to be the shallower
snorkeling area at Clam City) and
even the populous White Beachall
offer venues for sea critter hunts.
- Coral Gardens
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Location: Batangas Channel
Depth: 10 to 50 ft. (3 to 15m)
If heading by boat to any of thebeaches northeast of Puerto Galera,
one passes this attractive site on the
way out of the harbor channel near
Long Beach.
It has prolific hard corals and tube
and encrusting sponges that grow in
the shallow water here.
This is normally an easy dive that
is frequently used for training and
is also a great snorkeling spot.
Staghorn and basket corals are
prolific and shell fanciers will
appreciate the variety of cowry
species, clams, morays, lionfish
and the occasional frogfish.
Photographers will also like this
site as the shallow reef makes it
easy to play with light for wide
angle scenes. Soft and hard corals
make colorful backdrops for fish
and macro work.Snake eelSabang Bay