Ekkai Maru
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About this site
Ekkai Maru, also known as Morazan Maru, is a Japanese-era wreck in Coron Bay, Palawan, Philippines. The ship was the Morazan before the Japanese Navy renamed her Ekkai Maru.
She sank in a US air raid in September 1944. On 24 September 1944 a US Navy strike force of fighters and dive bombers attacked a Japanese supply fleet of up to 24 ships at anchor in Coron Bay and around Busuanga Island, and this attack began the story of Coron's wrecks for divers.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Bamboo Sea FanIsis hippurisReported here · unconfirmed
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Eightband ButterflyfishChaetodon octofasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Crocodile FlatheadCymbacephalus beaufortiReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus spilurusReported here · unconfirmed
Orangelined CardinalfishTaeniamia fucataReported here · unconfirmed
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