INDO-PACIFIC
Tubbataha Reefs
- Philippines
- Experienced
- March - June
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- Walls and reef plateaus
- When to go
- March - June
- Site type
- Offshore Atolls
Featured wildlife
- Whitetip reef shark
- Grey reef shark
- Green turtle
- Hawksbill turtle
About this dive site
Remote Sulu Sea reefs with sharks, walls and nesting turtles.
Tubbataha’s atolls rise from deep water as coral castles patrolled by grey reef and whitetip sharks. Walls drop into blue while lagoons shelter turtles and dense reef fish. Access is liveaboard-only during a short seasonal window, plan ahead for one of the Philippines’ best preserved offshore systems.
Shore sites reward repeat dives at the same entry marker; check swell, surf and exit points before you kit up. Calendar peak is March - June, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Tubbataha Reefs day to day, not just the map pin.