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
Advanced≤30 m
Washing Machine
Dive site in Tubbataha, Philippines
Currents meet and change direction at this north-east corner, where mantas, eagle rays and even whale sharks pass.
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Jun
- Entry
- Liveaboard
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A dive from a liveaboard. Known for whale sharks, manta rays and grey reef sharks.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: dive-the-world.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Whale sharks
- Manta rays
- Grey reef sharks
- Nurse sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Stingrays
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
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
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.