Lankayan Island Dive Resort

In Lankayan, one of the most popular dive sites is Jaw fish Lair which is just 4 to 5 minutes boat ride from Lankayan jetty. Some of the common sightings are of course the giant jaw fish itself, sting rays, snappers, groupers, anemone fish, fusilier, trumpet fish, and nudibranches. Rare sightings include blue ribbon eel, ghost pipe fish (seasonal), juvenile cat fish, peacock mantis shrimp, and turtle. Lankayan has over 32 dive sites including 2 wrecks and most dives sites are just minutes away by boat from jetty.

It is possible that some of the species found here are yet to be described. Pelagic also abound here, from large schools of scads, yellow tail barracudas, jacks, and many more. The many schools of medium to large hump head parrotfish are always an exciting encounter. Sometimes, the diver is lucky enough to meet large rays, guitarfish and even manatees.
For those more inclined towards the smaller denizens of the reefs, there are numerous juvenile fishes, clown anemone fishes, decorator and spider crabs, coral shrimps, nudibranchs, prawn gobies and abundant of rarer subjects such as jawfish, ornate ghost pipefish and frogfish.