Anilao Pier
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About this site
Anilao Pier is a very shallow night dive at the village of Anilao in the Philippines, in 5 to 10 metres. The pier is a cement dock that looks unremarkable, but it is a macro hotspot and suits beginners.
Over the sand and sea grass you move to the pier wall, where holes hide glass shrimp, banded coral shrimp, crabs and several eels that are docile and curious about your lights. Move slowly because the whole dive is shallow. Bobtail squid are also found here, and divers see them in iridescent colour.
The pier is also used for blackwater dives, where lights set in the sand draw larval fish, molting shrimp, jellyfish and other translucent animals up from the deep.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Hairy frogfishHairy frogfishReported here · unconfirmed
Mimic octopusMimic octopusReported here · unconfirmed
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
Bus Stop NudibranchGoniobranchus hintuanensisReported here · unconfirmed
Coconut OctopusAmphioctopus marginatusReported here · unconfirmed
Lined NembrothaNembrotha lineolataReported here · unconfirmed
Geometric GoniobranchusGoniobranchus geometricusReported here · unconfirmed
Goniobranchus verrieriReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
RhinopiasRhinopiasConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
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