Anilao, Batangas: 2017 Post-Birthday Dive

posted on Saturday, November 4, 2017

Couldn’t be more thankful to have spent 4 dives after my birthday last October 27th in Anilao, Batangas in 2017. I may have scheduled it two days late but there really was no better gift I can give myself other than a memorable time underwater. And I sure had a blast clicking away. ;P

It was like unwrapping presents one after the other as Ling and our dive master, Jess Tabangay, spotted unique critters in every dive. Fell in love with the batwing slug and the spiky black nudibranch. Also saw a reef fish with eggs in the El Pinoy dive site. Uncommon nudibranchs abound.

We were trying to find the Alleni nudibranch in the Apols dive site but the search was unfruitful. It was almost a perfect post-birthday celebration. But we’ll sure be back for our Alleni hunt. =)

Anilao Batwing Slug 15

Anilao Batwing Slug 16

Anilao Batwing Slug 17

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Anilao Blenny 8

Anilao Cleaner Shrimp 5

Anilao Emperor Shrimp 21

Anilao Goby 20

Anilao Juvenile Cardinal Fish 1

Anilao Juvenile Cardinal Fish 2

Anilao Juvenile Cardinal Fish 3

Anilao Juvenile Cardinal Fish

Anilao Nudibranch 200

Anilao Nudibranch 201

Anilao Nudibranch 202

Anilao Nudibranch 203

Anilao Nudibranch 204

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Anilao Nudibranch 207

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Anilao Nudibranch 212

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Anilao Nudibranch 215

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Anilao Nudibranch 225

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Anilao Nudibranch 227

Anilao Nudibranch 228

Anilao Pipefish 9

Anilao Reef Fish Eggs 1

Anilao Reef Fish Eggs

Anilao Reef Fish with Eggs 1

Anilao Reef Fish with Eggs 2

Anilao Reef Fish with Eggs 3

Anilao Reef Fish with Eggs

Anilao Shrimp 14

Anilao Shrimp 15

Anilao Skeleton Shrimp 7

Anilao Skeleton Shrimp 8

Anilao Skeleton Shrimp 9

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