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Coron Bay, just north of Palawan, is one of the world’s finest wreck diving destinations. An entire Japanese fleet was sunk here by American forces in 1944, attracting divers from far and wide to discover these fascinating pieces of history.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, dugong, hawksbill turtle
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Group diving, Wreck diving
Surrounded by white sand beaches, the little island of Malapascua has gained a reputation as one of the best places in the world for thresher shark sightings, encountered each morning at Monad Shoal. Numerous other sharks are also seen, as well as mantas.
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Excellent for: Resort based diving, Singles diving, Group diving, Shark diving
Located three hours south of Manila, Puerto Galera’s marine park has some of the most accessible diving in the Philippines. A year round destination, the area is blessed with exceptional coral reefs teeming with marine life, and great beaches.
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Ideal for viewing: giant frogfish, green turtle, white-tip reef shark, pygmy seahorse, black-tip reef shark
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Group diving
This central region of islands is deservedly famous for beautiful beaches, relaxed lifestyle and stunning dive sites. Cebu City is the international gateway and provides links to the most exciting dive spots including Malapascua, Moalboal, Dumaguete and Bohol.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, pelagic thresher shark, giant frogfish, black-tip reef shark, banded sea krait
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tubbataha Reef is home to some of the best big fish diving in the Philippines. The sheer walls are covered in huge seafans and sponges, while barracuda, tuna and reef sharks, mantas, eagle rays and hammerheads patrol its waters.
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Ideal for viewing: spotted eagle ray, scalloped hammerhead shark, white-tip reef shark, black-tip reef shark, reef manta ray
Excellent for: Liveaboard diving, Luxury diving
Located in the Mindoro Strait, in the west of the Philippines, is the World Heritage Site of Apo Reef, a 34 kilometre long reef featuring magnificent drop-offs and overhangs with resident turtles, barracuda, snapper, white-tip and grey reef sharks.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, spotted eagle ray, white-tip reef shark, grey reef shark, barracuda
Excellent for: Liveaboard diving, Resort based diving, Reef diving
Across the channel from Cebu is the beautiful island of Bohol, a tropical haven of natural beauty, with pristine beaches and colourful coral dive sites for both divers and snorkellers to enjoy. Land attractions include the resident tarsiers and the world-famous Chocolate Hills.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, western clownfish, banded sea krait, giant frogfish, barracuda
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Luxury diving, Reef diving
Located to the west of Bohol, the small island of Cabilao is renowned for the rich biodiversity of marine life found on its fringing reef. It’s a great escape, and the island can be explored on foot or if you prefer, you can simply enjoy life from your hammock!
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The small coastal town of Donsol in the northeast of the Philippines offers a rare opportunity to interact with whale sharks. Between the months of December and May, visitors head here to swim and snorkel with these harmless and gentle filter feeders.
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Ideal for viewing: whale shark
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Shark diving, Whale shark
Known as the ‘City of Gentle People’, you’ll be welcomed in Dumaguete with open arms and first class hospitality. Further down the coast, Dauin has some of the best critters in the Philippines, and both areas also offer plenty of opportunity for snorkellers and non-divers.
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Ideal for viewing: giant frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, spotted eagle ray, green turtle, flamboyant cuttlefish
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Luxury diving, Group diving, Muck diving, Underwater photography
Meaning ‘bubbling stream’, Moalboal is a small town on the island of Cebu, with around 25 recognised dive sites and more being discovered. The range of diving is excellent, with vertical walls, a cathedral like cave, healthy coral reefs and plenty of macro life.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, mandarin fish, giant frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, whale shark
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Group diving, Reef diving, Underwater photography
The island province of Palawan is known as the Philippines’ last ecological frontier, offering remote jungles, rugged scenery, pristine beaches, secret coves and world-class diving. Highlights include the wrecks of Coron and Tubbataha Reef, accessible only by liveaboard.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, dugong, hawksbill turtle
Excellent for: Liveaboard diving, Resort based diving, Wreck diving
Panglao, which is connected by a causeway to Bohol, offers divers coral gardens near the surface and steep walls complete with caves, overhangs and crevices harbouring teeming fish and invertebrates. The surrounding islands are known for big fish encounters.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, western clownfish, banded sea krait, giant frogfish
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Reef diving
A little off-the-beaten-track, Sipalay is a small town on the west coast of Negros Occidental in the western Visayas. Visitors are attracted by its rustic charm, white sand beaches and colourful fringing reef. Great for snorkellers and divers of all abilities.
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Ideal for viewing: green turtle, hawksbill turtle, potato grouper, lionfish, Napoleon wrasse
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Family diving, Group diving, Learn to dive, Reef diving, Snorkelling
Siquijor Island is a macro photographer’s dream, and night divers will long remember their marine experience. Adventurous visitors can enjoy the towering limestone landscape, which offers opportunities for climbing and exploring the many caverns.
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Ideal for viewing: giant frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish, spanish dancer, common cuttlefish
Excellent for: Resort based diving, Muck diving
A haven of tranquillity, Ticao Island is blessed with crystal blue waters and white sandy beaches. The local reefs are full of colourful creatures, corals and sharks, but the area’s signature site is the Manta Bowl, a cleaning and feeding station of the oceanic manta.
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A nation of over 7,000 islands, experience the very best of the Philippines exceptional scuba diving on a liveaboard or island hopping adventure. Lying within the Coral Triangle, the Philippines offers the diver jaw-dropping diversity, kaleidoscopic reefs and exceptional wreck diving.
14 recommended trips.Our trip ideas are offered to inspire you and can be tailored to suit your requirements.
This popular itinerary offers divers the chance of thresher shark encounters in Malapascua, a unique dive with a resident sardine baitball in Moalboal and plenty of time to discover the islands of the Visayas region.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 13 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,445 pp
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Tailor-made trip idea
Diving in the Philippines doesn’t get much better than this. Experience the magical combination of two dedicated dive resorts located in the Visayas region, famous for its stunning dive sites.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 15 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,895 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Choose from five exceptional diving locations in the Visayas region of the Philippines. Enjoy stress free diving adventures as you island hop between them, exploring everything from macro life to pelagics.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 18 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,995 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Recommended for wreck enthusiasts, Coron Bay is home to 11 Japanese World War ll vessels. Other visitors can explore the protected reefs and relax in the tropical surroundings on Sangat Island.
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When to go: Oct-Jun
Duration inc. flights: 13 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,995 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Swim with a sardine baitball, marvel at colourful coral reefs, search for smaller marine life, spot turtles and visit the beautiful Pescador Island, on this week-long diving holiday to Moalboal, Philippines.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 10 days
Price inc. flights: From £1,945 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Experience world-class diving at a beautifully calm pace with this superb trip idea, which combines two of the Philippines’ hidden gems for a diving holiday brimming with indulgence and laid back luxury.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 14 days
Price inc. flights: From £4,295 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Liveaboards visit this remote area of the Philippines in season, offering access to world-class dive sites. Discover colourful reef fish, manta rays and turtles, and experience a thrilling drift dive with sharks.
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When to go: Mar-May
Duration inc. flights: 10 days
Price inc. flights: From £3895 pp
Trip type: Liveaboard
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These liveaboard trips operate throughout the year to the Visayas, one of the best diving locations in the Philippines. Highlights include outstanding macro life in Dauin and Malapascua's thresher sharks.
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When to go: Jun-Feb
Duration inc. flights: 12 days
Price inc. flights: From £3,795 pp
Trip type: Liveaboard
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For those who like their marine life BIG! This exciting and comprehensive dive itinerary includes encounters with whale sharks, manta rays and thresher sharks in three locations across the Philippines.
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When to go: Nov-Apr
Duration inc. flights: 14 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,845 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Combine two premier resorts for an unforgettable dive experience in the Philippines. Enjoy the diverse sites of Puerto Galera and search for unusual critters in Dauin from these welcoming dive resorts.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 13 days
Price inc. flights: From £4,495 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Discover the historical Japanese WWll wrecks of Coron Bay in the Philippines and Micronesia’s Truk Lagoon. An unforgettable adventure and possibly the best wreck diving trip in the world!
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 18 days
Price inc. flights: From £6,795 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
This two week itinerary is perfect for divers seeking thresher shark encounters in the clear blue waters at Monad Shoal, and the pristine reefs surrounding Panglao and Balicasag islands.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 17 days
Price inc. flights: From £2,145 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Escape to an island hideaway brimming with delights on this trip to Malapascua, a tiny island with huge appeal for divers with its mix of diving experiences and thresher shark encounters.
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When to go: Jan-Dec
Duration inc. flights: 11 days
Price inc. flights: From £1,995 pp
Trip type:
Tailor-made trip idea
Join award-winning writer and photographer Simon Rogerson on his return to the Philippines. Based out of Anda, on the east coast of Bohol, it’s the enigmatic creatures that steal the show.
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When to go: Jun
Duration inc. flights: 12 days
Price inc. flights: From £3,545 pp
Trip type: Group
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When to go
The Philippines can be visited throughout the year, but is best from November to May.
Seasons
Dry season
Nov to May: The Philippine’s dry season offers the best diving conditions in most areas and many of the best marine life encounters
Wet season
Jun to Oct: More rain and higher humidity in much of the Philippines, with the chance of typhoons in certain regions
Wildlife events
Feb to Apr: Whale sharks gather in large numbers in Donsol
Apr to Jun: The best months to dive Tubbataha
Sep to Oct: Best months for thresher shark and manta sightings in Malapascua
Nov to Jan: Best months for Apo Reef diving
Dive Resorts
20 recommended places to stay.Please contact us for further suggestions.
Located in Dauin, this modern beachfront resort sits amongst an old coconut plantation, in close proximity to some of the best macro dive sites in the region. Facilities include an infinity pool, spa, restaurants and a bar.
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This small resort, owned and operated by dive instructors, offers a comprehensive range of PADI courses and boat dives to local sites around Malapascua, encountering thresher sharks, wrecks, macro life and plenty of reefs.
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Located on the southern tip of Moalboal, this intimate dive resort with just ten cottages offers a relaxed way of life and some magical dive sites to discover. A twin centre is available with Magic Oceans Resort.
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Magic Oceans is a small dive resort in the relatively unexplored area of Anda on Bohol Island. Set amongst tropical gardens, it comprises 16 spacious detached bungalows with panoramic views.
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Located on the southwest of Coron Bay on a long stretch of pure white sand, Sangat Island Resort is one of the Philippines’ best kept secrets and the jumping off point for the world famous wrecks of Coron Bay.
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This boutique dive resort offers panoramic ocean views and a tranquil environment. Its rise as a macro marine life hotspot and convenient location puts it on many a photographer’s wish list.
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Located directly on the tropical white sand palm-fringed beach of Panglao Island, Alona Vida Beach Resort is home to a welcoming community and offers some nearby world-class dive sites such as Balicasag.
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Located in Anda, on the eastern coast of Bohol, this resort is a hidden paradise offering breathtaking sea views, a private beach and 15 kilometres of coral reef for divers and snorkellers to explore.
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Located in Dauin, Atlantis Dumaguete is a boutique dive resort set amongst tropical gardens with easy access to world-class dive sites along the coast as well as Apo Island, famed for its spectacular marine life.
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Situated on Sabang Beach on the Puerto Galera peninsula with its sheltered bays, stunning scenery and world-class diving, this 40 room deluxe dive resort is a stone’s throw from the local lively restaurants and bars.
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The only resort on Dimakya Island in Palawan province, Club Paradise Resort is the jumping-off point for trips to Apo Reef and also offers a great place to relax. A great option for divers and non-diving buddies.
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Located on the beach in Donsol, this comfortable resort offers one of the most reliable places in the world to observe the largest fish in the world, the gentle and mysterious whale shark.
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Located near the fishing village of Moalboal, this small resort is suited to divers and also nature lovers. It has on-site dive centre and there are a variety of excursions on offer to visit the surrounding jungle.
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Located on Malapascua Island, this small modern property on Bounty Beach is an ideal place to base yourself for a few days whilst you head out to Monad Shoal in search of thresher sharks.
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This spacious beachfront resort is located in Dauin, just south of Dumaguete, on Negros Island. It was built for divers and offers 27 rooms and bungalows, with an on-site dive centre offering daily boat dives to Apo Island.
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Located on the tiny island of Cabilao, this small beachfront resort offers a relaxing getaway and some excellent local diving in the marine protected areas of the Philippines' Visayas region.
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The rustic charm of Sipalay Easy Diving & Beach Resort attracts visitors who prefer to be away from the crowds. This small, friendly beachfront resort offers both snorkellers and divers plenty of marine delights.
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With its own private beach and prime location on Malapascua, this small, friendly property provides all you need for a tropical island getaway in the Philippines, together with world-class diving at nearby Monad Shoal.
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The friendly Ticao Island Resort offers nine beachfront cabanas on an island with crystal blue waters, white sand beaches, fantastic dive sites and the shade of hundreds of coconut trees.
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Overlooking Moalboal Bay with spectacular views of the mountains of Cebu and the neighbouring island of Negros, this small resort comprises 27 rooms, all set amongst tropical landscaped gardens.
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Liveaboards
5 recommended liveaboards.
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A traditional 40 metre long phinisi, this is one of the most spacious vessels in the Siren Fleet. A variety of itineraries are available visiting some of the most popular areas in the Philippines, depending on the season.
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This luxurious liveaboard offers a number of seven and ten night trips throughout the year in different areas of the Philippines, including Malapascua, Tubbataha Reef and the Visayas. A great option for groups.
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Popular amongst divers, the custom designed steel hulled Infiniti liveaboard operates diving itineraries throughout the year to sought-after destinations including the Visayas, Malapascua and an extended season in Tubbataha.
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Designed and built for the discerning diver, Solitude One excels in hospitality and on board technology for safety and diving. The steel hulled vessel operates seasonal itineraries in Palau and the Philippines.
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MY Sea Gypsy is an elegant Bond-style vessel that delivers modern, sleek luxury to liveaboard diving in the Philippines. It’s a boutique vessel with massage services and accommodates just eight divers.
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