Calanggaman Island
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About this site
Calanggaman Island is a small desert island off Palompon, Leyte, with white sand and palm trees, surrounded by clear water and steep walls that drop into the blue. The reef top starts between 5 and 10 m and ends at the edge where the wall drops off, to a maximum of about 32 m. Current is usually none and the site is open to Open Water divers.
The wall is covered with gorgonian bushes, sea fans, sponges and a wide mix of hard and soft corals. Out in the blue you can look for sharks, rays, tuna and barracuda, and clown triggerfish sit on the wall. Fields of garden eels and patches of nudibranchs lie along the top of the wall on the way back.
Pygmy seahorses are a highlight, together with frogfish, mushroom coral pipefish, candy crab and schools of jacks, snappers, fusiliers and anthias. Dolphins are often seen on the way back.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Pygmy seahorsePygmy seahorseReported here · unconfirmed
Jack / amberjackJack / amberjackReported here · unconfirmed
AnthiasAnthiasReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Magnificent Sea AnemoneRadianthus magnificaReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Sky Blue PhyllidiaPhyllidia coelestisReported here · unconfirmed
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny SeahorseHippocampus histrixObserved near here · iNaturalist
Day OctopusOctopus cyaneaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiObserved near here · iNaturalist
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