Tauchplatz
Monad Shoal
Malapascua, Philippines
- Typische Tiefe
- 25 m
- Typ
- Hai
- Niveau
- Advanced
Notizen
Pre-dawn thresher shark encounters at the cleaning station.
Meereslebewesen
- Rays
- devil ray, occasional manta
- Macro
- frogfish (nearby Gato Island)
- Sharks
- pelagic thresher shark (resident, dawn), occasional hammerhead (Mar–May), whitetip reef shark
- Reef fish
- cleaner wrasse, moorish idol, snapper
Eigenschaften
- Cleaning Station
- Seamount
- Dawn Dive
- Wildlife Interaction
- Plateau Edge
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Oct–May
- Vermeiden
- Jul–Sep
Pelagic thresher sharks visit the Monad Shoal cleaning station almost daily at first light (5–7 am). Year-round, but typhoon season (Jul–Sep) can disrupt access from Malapascua. Site is a 30 min boat ride; dive briefing emphasises stillness on the plateau edge — do not pursue.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 15–30 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 26–30 °C
- Strömung
- Mild
- Zugang
- Open access
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water (depth 25–30 m, dawn entry, plateau-edge buoyancy)
Standort
11.3000° N, 124.1167° E
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