- Type
- Wall
- Typical depth
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Visibility
- 25–45 m
- Water temp
- 27–30 °C
- Current
- Strong
- Access
- Liveaboard only
- Min cert
- Advanced Open Water
- Offshore Atoll
- Wall
- Drift
- Liveaboard Only
- UNESCO World Heritage
- Marine Park
- Seasonal
When to dive
BestAvoidOK
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is open to liveaboards only and only mid-March through mid-June, between the NE and SW monsoons. Outside that window the Sulu Sea is too rough to access and the park is closed. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993; ranger station enforces no-anchor and no-fishing rules.
8.8500° N, 119.9167° E
Notes
UNESCO marine park, liveaboard-only Mar–Jun.
Marine life
- Rays
- manta ray, eagle ray
- Corals
- pristine hard coral cover, sea fans, black coral
- Sharks
- whitetip reef shark, grey reef shark, occasional whale shark, occasional tiger shark, hammerhead (rare)
- Turtles
- green, hawksbill
- Pelagics
- giant trevally, dogtooth tuna, barracuda schools, spanish mackerel
- Whales & dolphins
- dolphin pods, occasional pilot whale
- Reef fish
- jackfish schools, snapper, napoleon wrasse, triggerfish
Dive clubs that visit this site
- Atlantis Dive Resorts & Liveaboards (Atlantis Azores)source
Puerto Galera / Dumaguete (liveaboard), Philippines · Liveaboard
- M/Y Resolutesource
Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Tubbataha liveaboard), Philippines · Liveaboard
- Master Liveaboardssource
Red Sea, Egypt · Liveaboard
Sources
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