Giliano

Cebu, Malapascua Island, Visayas, Philippines25 m maxintermediate

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Conditions & tides

Satellite view of Giliano

GilianoMalapascua Island · 25 m

Good · 5/5

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conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 8 AM–6 PM.

Wind4 kn N

Current~0.3 kn SE · model

Swell

0.1 m · 5s · NNE

Water

31 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 04:45 PM & 04:15 AM local

Sunrise 05:32 AM · Sunset 05:38 PM local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.1 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Giliano sits off Malapascua Island, at the northern tip of Cebu in the Visayas region of the Philippines, reached like the island's other sites by small outrigger boats from the resorts on Malapascua's south shore. It has a sand bottom and reaches a maximum depth of around 25 metres, rated an intermediate dive. Seahorses are a regular find here, and divers have also reported clownfish, frogfish, and pygmy seahorses on the sand.

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Marine life here

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

Pygmy seahorsePygmy seahorseReported here · unconfirmed
Chocolate Chip Sea StarProtoreaster nodosusReported here · unconfirmed
Magnificent ChromodorisChromodoris magnificaReported here · unconfirmed
Gloomy NudibranchTambja morosaReported here · unconfirmed
Hypselodoris variobranchiaReported here · unconfirmed
Anemone Porcelain CrabNeopetrolisthes maculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Snowflake MorayEchidna nebulosaReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ClownfishClownfishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Spiny SeahorseHippocampus histrixObserved near here · iNaturalist
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusObserved near here · iNaturalist

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