The Philippines has thousands of dive sites. Whatever your dive experience, you are sure to be spoilt for choice.
No matter if your interest is Coral gardens, Pelagic fish, Shipwrecks, sharks, walls drifts or Macro, The Philippines has it all, boating the most marine biodiversity per KM of coastline than any other country
The Luzon region near Manila is the perfect place to begin your scuba adventure. With easy beach entries and plentiful macro life, thousands of divers use the area to get certified every year. For wreck diving, Subic Bay offers divers the chance to get up close and personal with sunken WWII warships. Soft coral, turtles, a plethora of fish species and sea snakes call the wrecks home.
Anilao and Peurto Galaral offer a range in excellent reef and drift dives
Palawan offers world class diving, Coron is a mecca for wreck diving enthusiasts , often called Southeast Asia's wreck diving capital, Coron is host to a whole fleets of Japanese Imperial Navy ships, that were sunk in September 1944, its also the jewel in Palawan's crown with some of the best beaches and scenery in the whole of the Philippines Elnido just 3!!/2 hours by ferry from Corn also offer spectacular scenery
Boracay a tourist hotspot famous for its beaches offers good diving for beginners and some super wall dives for the experienced
Cebu has several dive spots; Malapacua has Thrasher and Tiger Sharks, while Moalboal has Sardine balls and Mactan High end resorts with shelving reefs
In terms of marine life there are thresher sharks, whale sharks, schools of jacks, sardine balls and rays. The Philippines is the perfect destination for gaining and perfecting new scuba skills while enjoying a wide array of underwater life and an easy-going vacation above the water.
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL, Manila), Clark International Airport (CRK, Manila), Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB, Cebu) and Kalibo International Airport (KLO, Boracay) are all well-connected by international flights originating in Europe, North America and Australia. Once in the country, visitors can use local ferries to travel locally. Cebu Pacific and AirAsia offer inter-island flights.
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