INDO-PACIFIC
Ticao · Manta Bowl
- Philippines
- Advanced
- December - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Advanced
- Depth guide
- Cleaning station 15-25 m
- When to go
- December - May
- Site type
- Pelagic Reef
Featured wildlife
- Reef manta ray
- Whitetip reef shark
- Giant trevally
- Green turtle
About this dive site
Manta ray feeding station in San Bernardino Strait.
Manta Bowl off Ticao Island is a famous cleaning station where oceanic mantas feed when current and plankton align. Boats run from Donsol or Ticao with advanced profiles and early starts; conditions cancel often.
Manta Bowl needs current and plankton; operators cancel often — keep flex days on Bicol itineraries.