Lighthouse
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About this site
Lighthouse is a shallow dive in one of the most protected bays off Malapascua, at depths of 5 to 10 metres. By day it works well for training dives, but the site comes into its own at sunset.
A colony of mandarinfish lives in the staghorn coral and emerges at dusk to mate, rising in pairs into the water. The activity is strongest around the full moon but can be seen on almost any night, and the first twenty minutes or so of the dive are usually spent watching it. Seahorses live among the hard coral branches, and after dark a wide variety of shrimp, crabs and cephalopods appear, including bobtail squid, starry night octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish and blue-ringed octopus.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
CuttlefishCuttlefishReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
Blue-ringed octopusBlue-ringed octopusReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Pearlscale AngelfishCentropyge vrolikiiReported here · unconfirmed
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunareReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Eastern Triangle ButterflyfishChaetodon baronessaReported here · unconfirmed
Blackeye ThicklipHemigymnus melapterusReported here · unconfirmed
Lemon DamselPomacentrus moluccensisReported here · unconfirmed
Staghorn DamselAmblyglyphidodon curacaoReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisReported here · unconfirmed
Money CowryMonetaria monetaReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
SquidSquidReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
MandarinfishMandarinfishConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
OctopusOctopusConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Whale SharkRhincodon typusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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