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Anilao: Best scuba diving centers, liveaboards and
dive sites
By: Joan Ebora
Anilao is a Marine Protected Sanctuary.
It is the best spot in the Philippines for
underwater macro photography. Compared to
the rest of the world, it is normally ranked for
Muck Diving in the top 3 at Third position after
the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia and Mabul Island
in Malaysia.
Here you will find vibrant and colourful
Nudibranchs and a huge variety of Critters like
Crabs, Shrimps and Cuttlefish. It is not rare to
observe the rather strange looking Hairy
Frogfish, Blue-Ringed Octopus as well as Mimic
Octopus and Rhinopias. Mantis Shrimp, several
species of Gobies and Bobbit Worms are also
common encounters. The best place for muck
diving is Secret Bay also known as Mainit Muck.
This is also a great spot for an exhilirating night
dive
The reef life is thriving and usually quite shallow
allowing longer bottom time for Photographers
and a perfect spot for Snorkellers to explore. You
can have a look to these wonderful underwaters
pictures taken in Anilao.
You can also observe Pelagic fishes such as
Barracudas, Jacks and Trevallies as well as Reef
Sharks which can be spotted in dive sites like
Mainit Point.
There is a great variety of wonderful hard and
soft Coral too and the conservation efforts are
proving to be working well!
There about 40 dive sites around Anilao with the
most famous being Sombrero Island, Maricaban
Island, Cathedral and Mapating. They are all
reachable by a short boat ride. You can also
explore this underwater world on a Liveaboard
trip that generally combines the Coron Wrecks,
Apo Reef and Anilao
The best time to dive in Anilao, Batangas is on
November to May because the month of
July,August and September is rainy season and
there can even be typhoons. The sea is usually
choppy and the visibility quite poor.The Water is
colder in January and February with
temperatures going down to 22°C and 24°C on
average.
The peak season and also the best time to dive is
during April and May. Dive sites can get crowded
during weekends at this time of the year.
November is also a very good time to explore
Anilao. Anilao is such a true beauty and paradise.
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RIGHT DECISIONS I’VE MADE

Written by: Joan Ebora

It is decision making
An act of choosing
Which choices are deserving
to the problem that I am worrying

Life giving me a choices

A choices that is countless
It gives me stress,
but I trust the process

Teaching is the best among the option

because teaching is my passion
God helped me to this decision
His gospel is my motivation

I want to grow
No matter how it slow
I will go with the flow
Many chance, I don’t want to throw

I see that it is not easy

and I can’t do it perfectly,
but I will do my best
to make my future student learns best

CLB, thank you for free education

You put me to the best vocation
I know I'm on the right direction
At last, I'm happy to this decision