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Talikud Island lies in southwest coast of Samal Island
has excellent scuba diving sites and a handful of quiet
but rudimentary beach resorts. Talikud Island has a wide
variety of soft and hard coral gardens that is home to
numerous exotic small tropical fishes. Not only small
tropical fish, larger marine life can also be found in
here like barracuda, tuna and jacks. Divers can also see
fusiliers, sea horse, morays, sea urchins, garden eels,
wrasse and parrotfish. |
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 Mansud
Wall: This site is located in the noth of Talikud
Island which drops off to 45m. Excellent variety of
corals can be found in here and it is the home to
variety schools of smaller tropical fish. Whip corals,
gorgonians, large sponges and soft corals can be seen in
this site. Divers will also encounter lionfishes,
razorfishes, juvenile sweet-lips, seasnakes, and
colourful reef fishes. If your lucky, you will encounter
turtles, whale sharks and even sighting of a dugong.
Coral Gardens: Thisdive site is located in the
west coast of the island. Coral Gardens is also known as
"Linosutan", the name of the barrio fronting the site on
Talikud Island. This site has a sandy bottom slopes. In
here a excellent variety of soft and hard corals which
house plenty of exotic tropical fish such as garden
eels, wrasse and parrotfish. Diver will also encounter
lots of anemones with resident fishes and shrimps,
anthias, damselfishes, fusiliers, butterflyfishes, tube
worms, sea stars, and sponges. Enjoy watching the ribbon
eels, cautiously eyeing you and the flounders covering
themselves with sand.
Also don't miss to visit and explore these beautiful
dive sites that can be found in Talikud Island such as
Talisay Wall, Dapia Reef and Isla Reta. |
