Giliano
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About this site
Giliano is a macro site off Malapascua in the Philippines, about 15 minutes by boat to the north-east. There is one mooring line to descend. Most dives start on a sandy rubble bottom at 22 to 23 m (72 to 75 ft), and the listed maximum depth is 24 m.
Marine life on the sand. This is where the site earns its reputation. One dive produced five seahorses and a tiny pygmy seahorse found when ascending the wall. Sea urchins carry zebra crabs, small anemonefish sit among translucent shrimp, and two tiny sea moths were seen. A red frogfish was found on the sand and a large black one on the way up.
Shallower water. Coming up, you reach a plateau at about 15 m with pinkish soft corals that look like a field of wildflowers when visibility is good.
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Diving it. Conditions are easy, but good buoyancy matters because the bottom looks derelict yet is full of life. Watch no-decompression limits, especially on a repeat dive. Some of the site is plain to look at, so an appreciation of macro helps.
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
Chocolate Chip Sea StarProtoreaster nodosusReported here · unconfirmed
Magnificent ChromodorisChromodoris magnificaReported here · unconfirmed
Gloomy NudibranchTambja morosaReported here · unconfirmed
Hypselodoris variobranchiaReported here · unconfirmed
Anemone Porcelain CrabNeopetrolisthes maculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Snowflake MorayEchidna nebulosaReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ClownfishClownfishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Spiny SeahorseHippocampus histrixObserved near here · iNaturalist
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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