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About this site
Grotto is a dive site in Batangas, Philippines, a province known for its many shore and boat dive sites along the Verde Island Passage. It reaches a maximum depth of around 18 metres and is rated a beginner dive. The name reflects the cave or cavern-like feature that gives the site its structure, set within the rocky coastline typical of this part of the Philippines.
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.
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
Coconut OctopusAmphioctopus marginatusReported here · unconfirmed
Bus Stop NudibranchGoniobranchus hintuanensisReported here · unconfirmed
Geometric GoniobranchusGoniobranchus geometricusReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Lined NembrothaNembrotha lineolataReported here · unconfirmed
Goniobranchus verrieriReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny SeahorseHippocampus histrixReported here · unconfirmed
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