Santa Rosa
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About this site
Santa Rosa is a dive site at the south end of the Talima dive spot on Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines, about 10 minutes by boat from Mactan. A sloped plateau starts at around 5 m (15 ft) and runs down to 18 m (60 ft), where a wall drops to about 50 m (165 ft).
The top of the wall is sandy with scattered corals, around which reef fish shoal. It works as a fish nursery, with many schools of larvae and fish fry, and juvenile fish shelter in the holes between the coral blocks, with bigger predators waiting to ambush them. That makes it a well-known macro photography site, full of critters and nudibranchs. Frogfish, black ribbon eel, peacock mantis shrimp, juvenile barramundi cod and harlequin sweetlips are also recorded.
The site suits all levels, from Open Water divers on the slope above the wall to experienced divers who prefer the bigger fish. Nitrox and a camera are both worth bringing.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Three-spot DascyllusDascyllus trimaculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Zigzag WrasseHalichoeres scapularisReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Magical ConeConus magusReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris guttataReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
Mantis shrimpMantis shrimpReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
Chocolate Chip Sea StarProtoreaster nodosusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Willan's ChromodorisChromodoris willaniObserved near here · iNaturalist
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