Ghost Town
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About this site
Ghost Town is a shallow dive site located at Sta Paz, a few minutes by boat north of Napantao, in the Padre Burgos area of the Philippines. It shares a starting point with the nearby pinnacle dive but offers a completely different experience: a relaxed dive over brown sand in shallow water.
The bottom is flat brown sand, making this a genuinely easy, beginner-friendly dive with no complex terrain to navigate.
The sandy bottom is well suited to spotting cryptic and bottom-dwelling species. Mimic octopus are a highlight, alongside flatworms, anemone crabs, cuttlefish, and stargazers.
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Access is by boat from the Sta Paz area. The dive is done as a boat dive, with the site reachable within a few minutes from the departure point.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Ornate GhostpipefishSolenostomus paradoxusReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Warty AnglerfishAntennarius maculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Broadclub CuttlefishAscarosepion latimanusReported here · unconfirmed
Doto ussiReported here · unconfirmed
Twospot WrasseOxycheilinus bimaculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Starry TriggerfishAbalistes stellatusReported here · unconfirmed
Mimic octopusMimic octopusReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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