- Mainit
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Location: North of Dumaguette
Depth: 20-65 ft. (6-1m)
Mainit is located north of Dauin
near Dumaguette and it is one of
the larger sanctuaries in the area.
The site has a long, sandy slope
with big coral heads all around.
There is enough current that it feeds
leather corals and some beautiful
soft coral formations.
This is a very fishy site, so wide
angle photography can be as
rewarding as macro. Look for big
schools of fish like blackbar
barracudas, striped sweetlips,
surgeonfish and yellow snappers. It
is usually done as a drift dive all
along the slope and around the
many coral bommies. The dive
ends with something special, an
underwater hot spring source.
Warm water percolates through the
sea floor making it a fun way to
spend the end of the dive at 15-20
ft. (5m). This can be a nice, long
relaxing dive as it is usually done at
a depth of 60-65 ft. (18m).69) San Miguel Point
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Location: North Dauin
Depth: 15-82 ft. (5-25m)Sand, sand and more sand! This
site is known as a good macro spot
and there are corals scattered across
the sand at this buoyed sanctuary.
But it is mainly a macro heaven
with seahorses, frogfish, octopus,Hairy frogfish