Basura

The original classic Anilao muck site, named for the discarded tyres, bottles and shoes that critters colonised when it was found in the early 2000s. A gentle sand-and-rubble slope where macro life thrives among the debris and, in summer, beds of seagrass that make lush photographic backdrops. It is a premier hunting ground for rare nudibranchs, juvenile frogfish, several octopus species and ornate cephalopods. Visibility is usually a workable 10 m-plus and current is rare, making it an easy, leisurely macro and night dive — though stinging sea urchins proliferate in the rainy season.