Dive site: Kalipayan

Philippines / Central Visayas / Tawala /
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PADI rating 3 flags. This is long dive site good for two dives. It's connected to Danao Beach Habagat Wreck. Start the dive with the slope on the right shoulder, going south-west. Nive blue and table corals, sea fans brown Daisy coral (Tubastraea micrantha), some Dothead Rockcod (Cephalopholis microprion) and small Barraduca. With a good dive-master also the black and yellow "Harlequin Ghost Pipefish" (Solenostomus Paradoxus). Half way the wall, look in caves and crevices for the "Comet" (Calloplesiops altivelis) and the Banded Pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus). In the ,months of May and June the agressive Blue-finned or Titan Triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens) can be found here. Good for Snorkeling.
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Coordinates:   9°31'13"N   123°45'38"E
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