Philippines Aggressor II takes divers to the perfect of the Philippine archipelago together with Tubbataha, the Visayas and Cebu – dwelling of the thresher shark
Scuba diving within the Philippines on a liveaboard covers an enormous space of greater than 7640 islands, with very good dive websites out there within the Tubbataha Atoll and the Visayas – together with the island of Cebu – internationally well-known as the perfect vacation spot to come across elusive thresher sharks.
Aggressor Adventures has two vessels – Philippines Aggressor and the all-new Philippines Aggressor II – plying the area, with two 7- or 10-day itineraries out there: The Better of Visayas & Visayas South; and Tubbataha.
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Diving data:
- There are 2 itineraries with 7 and 10-night charters provided.
- 7-night charters: common 20 dives for Tubbataha and as much as 22 dives (together with evening dives) for different itineraries.
- 10-night charters: common as much as 27 dives together with nights dives.
- Depth Vary: 40 – 130 ft (12m – 40m)
- Water temperature averages 77 – 85°F, 21-29°C.
- 3mm wetsuit really helpful
Philippines Aggressor II is 140 ft (42.7m) lengthy with a 28ft (8.5m) beam which accommodates 36 individuals in 13 spacious staterooms – 8 on the decrease deck and 5 balcony suites on the higher deck. All have a personal rest room and bathe, plus ample storage and particular person local weather controls.
There’s a stunning spacious saloon; a solar deck with shading, chaise longues and deck chairs; a bar and a grill. Nightly leisure (other than evening diving!) consists of fish identification displays, films and video games; a small library of books and Fish ID guides is maintained onboard.
Philippines Aggressor itinerary highlights
Better of Visayas – June February
The Better of Visayas Islands itinerary options among the finest scuba diving that the Philippines has to supply, with 7-night or 10-night itineraries can be found. The itinerary route will probably be chosen as soon as friends board and relies on climate, sea situations, and visibility.
Highlights of a Visayas itinerary embrace the whole lot from comfortable coral-covered partitions to black sand dives; thresher sharks, enormous colleges of sardines, turtles, colleges of jacks and whale sharks.
On the macro aspect, there are fascinating critters reminiscent of waspfish, ghost pipefish and lots of different distinctive backside dwellers, providing an enormous quantity of biodiversity.
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Tubbataha – mid-March to mid-June
Tubbataha Reefs Nationwide Park is a UNESCO World Heritage website, situated within the Sulu Sea within the coronary heart of the center of the Coral Triangle. Itinerary highlights embrace:
Northern Tip of North Atoll: an space with a excessive range of shark species reminiscent of blacktips, white suggestions, gray reef sharks and silky sharks, with turtles, rays and whale sharks additionally common guests. The partitions have stunning comfortable corals, barrel sponges and plenty of cleansing stations.
Southern Tip of North Atoll: consists of the possibility to dive the Malayan Wreck, a scuba diving expertise that features large animal motion with the possibility to see dogtooth tuna, large trivially, completely different species of barracuda, turtles, manta rays and virtually each form of native reef fish conceivable.
Northern Tip of South Atoll: this space is understood for hammerhead sharks, massive pelagics, completely different species of sharks and reef fish.
Jessie Beazley Reef: pristine coral with an space of branching Acropora corals and plenty of species of sharks together with hammerheads, silky sharks and, typically, whale sharks.
For extra data on the Philippines Aggressor and Philippines Aggressor II, or to make a reserving, head to www.aggressor.com/vacation spot/Philippines
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