Marine Critters of Anilao Philippines

1. Beautiful Seascapes of Anilao















2. The Pygmy Seahorses





3. The Mantis Shrimps











4. Flamboyant Cuttlefish





5. Baby Cuttlefish



6. Wonderpus




7. White V Octopus





8. Veined Octopus



9. Clown Frogfish



10. Giant Frogfish



11. Zebra Lionfish



12. Gurnard Lionfish



13. Ragged (Monkey Faced) Scorpionfish



14. Saddleback Anemone Fish



15. Blenny in the Bottle



16. Three Ornate Ghost Pipefish



17. Pixy Hawkfish



18. School of Bigeye Barracudas



19. Batfish



20. School of Travalies (Jacks)



21. Chromodoris Magnifica (Nudie)



22. Chromodoris sp. (unidentified)



23. Janolus sp. (unidentified)



24. Ardeadoris egretta



25. Nembrotha chamberlainis mating



26. Nembrotha chamberlaini grazing on the sea squirts (its stapled food that gives it the vibrant colours)



27. Chromodoris willani





28. Jorunna funebris



29. Flatworm



30. Pea Crab in Soft Coral



31. Coleman Shrimps on a Fire Urchin



32. Anemone Shrimps in Bubble/ Soft Corals









33. Squad Lobster on a Feather Star



34. Orange Whip Coral Shrimp



35. Two Hermit Crabs territorial fight



36. Soft Coral Crab



37. The Green Sea Squirt that Anilao is famous for:



38. Daisy Cup Coral (Tubastrae)



39. Necklace Sea Star

Awesome.....

Our underwater photography sifu finally showed up...very nice pictures

wow really geng!!!

wow wow wow...

I like these... really very very nice... thanks for sharing

is anilao very close to sipadan?

Superb~! looks like a sifu emerged already~

a quiry.. how you got so much light under water.. is it possible to bring in external flash.. or they sell under water flash also...??

changshong wrote:a quiry.. how you got so much light under water.. is it possible to bring in external flash.. or they sell under water flash also...??

Good question, I myself is wondering where is the light coming from.

From the built in flash of the camera maybe? Or there is a underwater case for flash guns? Hmm.

sea and sea strobe?

nice photo。

lovely photos,mother nature does great job for creating them.Perry did a magnificent job bringing them to us!!!

Off topic here
TROPICAL STORM ADVISORY
Issued at 11:00 am 06/10/2009
Tropical Storm 19W, "Parma" is located at Latitude 19.3 North and Longitude 120.2 East, 529 km North of Manila, Philippines at 8.00 am, 6 October 2009. This tropical storm has tracked Southeastwards at 13 kmph for the past six hours.

This tropical storm is located approximately 1510 km North of Sandakan and 1426 km North-Northeast of Kudat, Sabah.

for those who are doing sea activities pls take note!!

no20,school of trevallies, as a fisho like me i called them big eye trevallies.They are active at night and you can always find them hunting for small fishes at the back of your boat.Very good fighter with light tackle setup. just sharing my fishing philosophy here hehehe...perry i am not a meat hunter

sorry i have been lazy.....

annebelle: anilao is about 3 hours drive from Manila (south bound). its kinda a peninsular attached to the main luzon island. anilao has garnered alot of accorlades as the best muck dive site in philippines. so its no where near the sipadan and the water could get cold in the winter months (25 degree).

Cy and Chan shong: Yes i use an external Strobe. an inon z200. due to the position of the internal flash, it would be advisible obtain a strobe to aid in lighting.

James: i have seen travellies (jack) hunting and they were ferocious. Thankfully they do not take an interest on us divers. and yes Manila and Batangas are both devastated from the 2 onslaughts of the typhoons and flash floods. I heard of very sad stories from a friend and although anilao is still opened for diving, no one is in particular diving mood there right now. hope the flood will eventaully fully receed and the nice philippinos could rebuild what was lost to the flood and typhoons.

wow,very nice....i'm planning to get a underwater camera,any intro??

these picture makes me wanna go anilao for diving...so much things to see.....

Wow...Wonderful ....Thumbs up! Well Done !

wonderful!!!!