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Nashin
Nanshin maru "black island wreck" - Civilian tanker - 45m - (21 to 32m) · Panlaitan, Palawan, Philippines
Max depth32 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodySouth China Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–May
About this site
Nashin is a wreck dive site near Panlaitan, Palawan, Philippines, in the South China Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 32 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes moray eels, sea turtles, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Crimsontip LongfinPlesiops coeruleolineatus
- Brown DottybackPseudochromis fuscus
- Guam CardinalfishNectamia fusca
- Horseshoe-tailed DottybackPseudochromis tapeinosoma
- Ruby CardinalfishApogon crassiceps
- Bicolor BlennyEcsenius bicolor
- Black-barred HalfbeakHemiramphus far
- Blackback ButterflyfishChaetodon melannotus
Nearby sites
- 1Nanshin Maru Wreck Black Island Beach0.9 km
- 2Sand Pit Reef19 km
- 3Landing craft wreck19 km
- 4Okikawa Maru21 km
- 5Taiei Maru21 km
- 6Akitsushima24 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org