Tubbataha Reef is located 180 km east of Palawan, in the middle of the Sulu Sea. Tubbataha Reef is accessible only in cruise. It is a marine park created in 1988 and classified in the world heritage of the humanity by the UNESCO in 1993.
Because of these very particular conditions it is visited only by 400 divers a year.is only accessible by live-aboard. Departures are usually from Puerto Princesa and the navigation time is approximately 10 hours.
Tubbataha Reef offers excellent wall dives. The reef is divided into two coral atolls; they are separated by a deep channel 8 km (5 miles) wide. There is a great chance of viewing large pelagic such as sharks, mantas, rays, turtles, mackerels, tunas and barracudas but it is also home to smaller creatures like nudibranchs, special crabs and shrimps and corals.
The North atoll is the large one and it has some beautiful dive sites with wide a variety of underwater species. It has steep wall with overhangs, swim throughs and crevices. The reef top is covered with some beautiful hard corals ad you can find sharks laying on the sandy area also you can see giant reef ray there.
The Southern atoll is a rich reef sloping to a depth of 6500 feets (2000 meters). There are many caves and crevices that are home to spiny lobsters, squirrelfish, soldier fish as well as mackerel, barracuda and rainbow runners and whitetip sharks resting on its bottom.
These trips usually last about 7D/6N with 5 diving days. Access to Tubbataha Reef is limited to only three months a year that is from about mid-March to June. For the rest of the year the sea conditions are too rough. Be advised that it’s better to book your trip well in advance as they are in very high demand and the places are limited.
Seadoors Liveaboard in Philippins ! The Seadoors is a fully 24 X 6 meters steel yacht, which accommodates up to 16 guests. She offers cruises in Visayas all year and at Tubbataha between mid March to mid June., Visayas crusie the rest of the year. She was built in 1999, change of owner in 2012 […]
Seadoors Liveaboard in Philippins ! The Seadoors is a fully 24 X 6 meters steel yacht, which accommodates up to 16 guests. She offers cruises in Visayas all year and at Tubbataha between mid March to mid June., Visayas crusie the rest of the year. She was built in 1999, change of owner in 2012 […]
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