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
Malayan Wreck
Dive site in Tubbataha, Philippines
- Max depth
- 35 m
- Best months
- Mar–Jun
- Entry
- Liveaboard
The dive
A wreck and wall dive from a liveaboard. Known for grey reef sharks, hammerhead sharks and nurse 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, Pelagic
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Grey reef sharks
- Hammerhead sharks
- Nurse sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Barracuda
- Groupers
- Moray eels
- Snappers
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
Delsan Wreck
Grey reef sharks hunt fish schools in 'The Cut', a 30 m deep crevasse, when the current runs.
- 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.