Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

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and pegasus sea moths are seen on
the slope. At the end of the dive, in
the shallows, are the beautiful
pyjama cardinalfish and other
colorful fish in the hard corals. Look
for the cardinalfish to be incubating
eggs in their mouths.



  1. Pangangan Wall
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    Location: Pangangan Island
    Depth: 10-60ft. (3-18m)


This is a short boat ride across the
channel to the island of Pangangan.
It is a white sand muck diving area
in the shallows and also along a
sloping wall of crevices and sand
patches. Lots of small stuff like this
site including various harlequin and
robust ghost pipefish and frogfish


that like to blend into the rope and
encrusting sponges. It is also home
for pegasus sea moths, devil
scorpionfish and various
nudibranchs. There are also soft and
hard corals along the steep slope
area. Look for undulating ribbon
eels, juvenile batfish and more
nudibranchs. Occasionally, a few
whitetip reef sharks and eagle rays
also pass by. As there is a lot to see
in shallow water. This is a great
third dive where one can take
plenty of time to look around.

92) Cambaquiz
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Location: Pura Vida Cabilao beach
Depth: 20-100ft. (5-30m)

This wall at the northeastern tip just

Gorgonian sea whips
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