Badian Island West
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About this site
Badian Island West sits off the southwest coast of Cebu in the Visayas region of the Philippines, near the town of Zaragoza, facing the Tañon Strait that separates Cebu from Negros Island. This wall dive reaches a maximum depth of around 25 metres and is rated a beginner site. Divers have reported grouper along the wall here.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Giant FrogfishAntennarius commersonReported here · unconfirmed
Chocolate Chip Sea StarProtoreaster nodosusReported here · unconfirmed
White-eyed MorayGymnothorax thyrsoideusReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Neon DamselfishPomacentrus coelestisReported here · unconfirmed
Snowflake MorayEchidna nebulosaReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
Spotfin LionfishPteropterus antennatusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiObserved near here · iNaturalist
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