running into the night and then they
rest by day. Others think the site is
good any time of the day.
Photographer Scott “Gutsy” Tuason
produced a very nice hard cover
book called “Anilao” that features a
lot of Basura’s macro critters.
Basura
means “trash”
in Tagalog and
you will see
that the
prevailing
currents seem
to carry junk
here and leave
it. It is quickly
converted into
habitat by
octopi,
seahorses,
frogfish and
scorpionfish.
There are
also a lot of
naturally occurring sand anemones
with clownfish, crabs and shrimp.
There are also small frogfish,
harlequin shrimp, Bobbit worms,
ghost and ornate pipefish, crocodile
snake eels, commensal shrimp and
the list goes on.
- Basura 2
Icons:
Location: NE of Babalangit Point
Depth: 53-100 ft. (16-30 m)
This site is a continuation of the
first dive and extends almost into
Anilao town. The terrain isn’t as
sandy. Its scattered with more coral
bommies and holds a different host
of small fish. It’s known to be a very
good place to find ribbon eels.But there are also a lot of rare
and unusual nudibranchs including
hammerhead nudis.
Look for striped fantail pipefish in
the urchins, cardinalfish schools,
plumeworms, and plenty of
guardian sand gobies with their
bulldozer shrimp. There are also
many roaming shoals of juvenile
catfish scouring the bottom. This
can be another long and shallow
dive for great macro shots.Yellow spiny seahorse