down to 28 m
Shark Airport
Named for the whitetip sharks lined up resting on its shallow plateau like planes at an airport.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Delsan Wreck
Dive site in Tubbataha, Philippines
Grey reef sharks hunt fish schools in 'The Cut', a 30 m deep crevasse, when the current runs.
- Best months
- Mar–Jun
- Entry
- Liveaboard
The story
The Delsan was an oil tanker that ran aground one evening in 1981. According to a WWF dive blog, pirates stripped it of oil and parts and only reported the crew, stranded in the lighthouse, after more than two months.
Source: coraltriangle.blogs.panda.org
The dive
A wreck and wall dive from a liveaboard. Known for grey reef sharks, tiger sharks and whitetip reef sharks.
Who it's for
We haven't rated the level for this site yet. Ask your dive centre whether it suits your experience.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Grey reef sharks
- Tiger sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Tuna
- Barracuda
- Trevally
Best time to dive
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Mar–Jun.
Source: dive-the-world.comWhere is Tubbataha?
The point shows the Tubbataha area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Tubbataha
Drift
Black Rock
Drift a sloping plateau and wall past whitetip and grey reef sharks, with a manta ray cleaning station nearby.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
down to 50 m
Jessie Beazley Reef
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Washing Machine
Currents meet and change direction at this north-east corner, where mantas, eagle rays and even whale sharks pass.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Wall
Amos Rock
A wall covered in sessile life where grouper, dogtooth tuna, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse patrol.
- Tuna
Wreck
down to 35 m
Malayan Wreck
- Grey reef sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.