INDO-PACIFIC
Monad Shoal · Thresher Sharks
- Philippines
- Advanced
- November - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Advanced
- Depth guide
- Shoal 20-30 m
- When to go
- November - May
- Site type
- Pelagic Shoal
Featured wildlife
- Pelagic thresher shark
- Whitetip reef shark
- Giant trevally
- Reef manta ray
About this dive site
Dawn dives with thresher sharks at Malapascua's famous shoal.
Monad Shoal is the early-morning thresher shark cleaning station off Malapascua where divers gather before sunrise. Strict briefing rules and depth discipline apply; most operators require recent advanced experience and multiple days on the island.
Monad Shoal starts before sunrise; no chasing threshers — follow Malapascua briefing rules strictly.