elegant sand divers and lots more.
Look for sponges and sea fans and
a small cave that sometimes holds a
giant frogfish, lionfish and a mass of
sweepers. Then swim across a sandy
plain to a ridge dotted with some
cotton candy corals, curly wire
corals and sea fans. The gorgonians
hold pygmy seahorses.
End the dive looking at the many
sea anemones, cotton candy
gorgonians, various nudibranchs
and other marine life going up into
the shallows.
- The Sand Patch
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Location: North tip of Malapascua
Depth: 18-65 ft. (5-19m)
This shallow dive is like a
treasure hunt across sandy plains
and into sea grasses that hold all
kind of odd and cool macro critters.
This area is normally protected with
not much in the way of currents. It
is shallow so long dives can be
made and you never know what
will pop up next.
The sand holds an assortment of
nudibranchs, guaranteed smashing
mantis shrimp in tiny and not-so-
tiny holes, comical looking devil
scorpionfish, wire coral shrimp,
pipefish, decorator crabs and
anemone hermit crabs, Pegasus sea
moths, chocolate chip sea stars and
juvenile catfish schools.
There are a number of sand
anemones with lots of clownfish
and shrimp that may try to clean a
curious diver.
This is also a good place to see a
variety of gobies and their bulldozer
shrimp. Mimic octopus have also
been spotted here. This is a place
for a nice slow and easy dive.Nembrotha nudibranchCuttlefish at Lapus Pinnacle