Tepanee Sanctuary
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The waters of Tepanee Beach in Malapascua Island offer a calm and scenic dive environment, known for their clear turquoise visibility, gentle slopes, and thriving reef life.
This protected area is ideal for relaxed exploration, where soft sandy patches blend with coral bommies and small reef walls. Baby black tip reef sharks are present in this area.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
10 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
6 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3
Alamy/imageBROKER
Thresher Shark
3 Sightings
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
31 Sightings
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5
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3
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7
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
19 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
16 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
15 Sightings
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Total number of species: 7
iStock-atese
Pygmy Seahorse
14 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
13 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
12 Sightings
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