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Location:
On Maricaban Island 2.5 km directly south, opposite Mainit
Point (Cazador Point).
Access:
30-35 min. by boat from EAGLE POINT pier south around the Calumpan
Peninsula, then across the Maricaban Strait directly south of Mainit Point
to Maricaban Island. The PCSSD buoy on the beach was once a mooring for
this dive site.
Conditions:
Generally calm with a medium-strong current. Visibility can reach 25m (82ft).
Average depth:
10m (33ft)
Maximum depth:
24m (80ft)
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A steep
coral slope from 3m (10 ft) to 24m (80ft), Red Palm has good boulder corals
and very large lettuce corals. There are colourful crinoids everywhere,
Fealner duster Worms, Christmas-tree worms, some very large anemones and
several different types of clownfish. The small reef fish life is prolific.
Including all the angelfish, butterflyfish, Orange striped Triggerfish,
Scorpionfish, lionfish, many different wrasse, and putterfish. |
