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Underwater Photo Location: Paradise Island Resort, House Reef, Samal Island, Davao City, Philippines

Underwater Photo Location: Paradise Island Resort, House Reef, Samal Island, Davao City, Philippines

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Its a shore dive, very accessible from the city. You can bring the whole family and still be able to make a dive or two without boring them. Its great for macro photography. Commonly seen are several specie of nudibranch, clownfish, cardinal fish, razor fish, several variety of moorey ell, stonefish, porcelane crabs, softcoral shrimp, whip coral goby among others. If lucky, you will meet a pair of giant orange frogfish, halequin ghost pipe fish, dwarf lionfish, school of yellow tail barracuda in fact is not uncommon.The groupers are also big since it is a no fishing area.
Facts about Paradise Island Resort, House Reef, Samal Island, Davao City, Philippines
  • It is in Philippines
  • Paradise Island Resort, House Reef, Samal Island, Davao City, Philippines is in the Mindanao Sea.
  • The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
Dive types
shore

Marine Life
bigsmallcoral

Diving facilities
airnitroxrepairshireinstructionguidedfriendly

Photo facilities
macrowideangle

by Bernard Maglana
Samal Island, Davao City
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