Santa Monica
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About this site
Santa Monica is a reef dive site in Surigao del Norte, in the Philippines' Caraga region facing the Surigao Strait. It reaches a maximum depth of around 30 metres, with light current and a difficulty rating of intermediate. Divers have reported batfish, frogfish, lionfish, and pipefish here, making it a reasonable spot for those interested in smaller reef residents alongside the general reef structure.
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Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
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