About Tubbataha
Tubbataha sits in the Sulu Sea and is in the middle of the Coral Triangle between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The Tubbataha Reefs National Parks is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The atolls are made up of the North Atoll, South Atoll and the Jessie Beazley Reef to the northwest of the main atolls and are all part of the park. You should carry a minimum of Advanced Open Water certification and be comfortable diving from a zodiac in current, with excellent buoyancy and the ability to complete a blue water safety stop while deploying an SMB. Join the pre-trip to Atlantis Dive Resort to spend a week fine tuning your dive skills.
Tubbataha scuba diving itineraries include these areas:
Northern Tip of North Atoll
The northern tip of the North atoll is an area with high diversity of shark species such as blacktips, white tips, grey reef sharks, silky sharks in addition to turtles, rays and whale sharks. The walls have beautiful soft corals, barrel sponges and lots of cleaning stations.
Southern Tip of North Atoll
In this area lies a shipwreck dive site, Malayan Wreck located on an beautiful wall. This shipwreck scuba diving experience includes big animal action with the chance to see dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, different species of barracuda in large schools, turtles, manta rays and almost every kind of native reef fish imaginable.
Northern Tip of South Atoll
This area is known for hammerhead sharks, large pelagics, different species of sharks and reef fish.
Jessie Beazley Reef
This area has pristine coral with an area of branching acropora corals and lots of species of sharks can be seen; hammerhead sharks, silky sharks and even whale sharks.
Payments
- $500 deposit due at registration
- $500 July 1 2021
- $500 Oct 1 2021
- Balance Jan 1 2022
Getting There
The Philippines is made up of over 7107 islands and is located south of Taiwan, east of the South China Sea with the Pacific Ocean to the east. Aggressor Adventures airline department can assist with airline travel by emailing info@aggressortravel.com. Philippines Airlines offers direct service SFO, LAX and JFK to Manila then connect to Puerto Princesas (PPS). Delta, United, Korean Air, EVA, Cathay Pacific, China Air and others offer connecting service to either Manila or Cebu, then connect to Puerto Princesas. We anticipate offering group round trip travel from Manila to PPS. If you wish to join that you should plan to be in Manila by noon April 23, or the previous day. Book your return to depart the evening of April 30. If joining our pre-trip at Atlantis Dive Resort we'll also offer domestic travel as a group in which case plan to arrive by noon April 16.
About Rainbow Divers
Rainbow Divers is a 501(c)7 non-profit mutual benefit organization, and can only organize activities and trips for its members. Trips are priced to break even. Excess cash flow is rebated to divers. Membership is cheap and comes with a bunch of new lifelong friends at no extra charge. So if you’d like to participate in this trip, please join us.
The Northern California Rainbow Divers (NCRD) strives to provide high quality, good value, safe and fun trips to club members in relaxed and non-threatening environments and that respect the natural beauty underwater.