Daryl Laut Information and Maps - Subic, Manila, Anilao, Philippines

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Daryl Laut dive site located in Anilao, Batangas (Philippines).5m.-27m. / 16ft.-89ft. in depth, Daril laut is the nesting ground of the famous mandarin fish and crab eye goby that lots of scuba diving underwater photographer from many different places dive here just to take picture of these tiny but lovely creatures. Scuba Diving here is always returns to boat and because of its location generally no current on this dive spot that gives the visibility of 8m.-15m./26ft.-50ft. Daril laut has a little bit of wreck diving because that used to be a parking place of a big Floating Casino during the 70's but some how sunk and they salvaged the hull and some valuable parts of it and now some big frames of the upper deck is what left of it. The dive spot has big shallow area by the shore around 3m.-6m./9ft.-18ft. and then suddenly drop off to sandy bottom of 24m./79ft. to 27m./89ft. depth. This area has a school of Bat fish, some snapper and grouper, jew fish, nudibranch, frog fish, madaring fish. The shallow area has magnificent formation of branching coral where you can find mandarin fish, twin spot goby, shrimp fish and juvenile bat fish.

Location: The west side of Caban Island.
Access: 35 min by banca southwest across the Maricaban Strait.
Conditions: Generally calm with a slight current. Visibility can reach 65 ft.
Average depth: 65 ft
Maximum depth: 90 ft

A minor wreck dive from 40ft to the bottom at 90 ft, the site is not one of the best but is interesting for novices. It has plentry of the smaller reef fish. With part of the wreck resting at 50m / 165ft for Technical Diving.

Diver's Network - Monte Carlo Anilao (PADI Gold Palm Resort) offers a complete scuba diving facilities from gear rental, tanks, air, refills, nitrox and boat rentals. It also offers PADI Scuba Diving Courses from beginner to instructor level. It is approximately two and a half hours by land south of Manila. The resort has 14 rooms, all fully air-conditioned with private toilet and bathtub, as well as hot and cold shower. The resort have a full service bar, restaurant, 2 pools, bar, a house reef just a few steps from the water's edge for snorkellers to explore, boats if you want to have a picnic on an island, scuba diving and aqua sports facilities.

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