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Dive Tubbataha
Tubbataha Reefs has been counted in the search of “7 Wonders of Nature in the World” and won one of the slots of the search. It is in the center of the Sulu Sea and is categorized in the political legislation of Cagayancillo, and island town nestled 130 kilometers towards the north.
It is 150 kilometer southeast of Puerto Princesa – the main city of Palawan Province, the typical jump-off site for tourists and vacationers as well as dive boats heading to Tubbataha. It is made up of South and North Atolls and the nearby Jessie Beazly Reef.
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park houses probably the most exquisite coral reefs across the world. Developing from the volcanic depths of Sulu Sea at the western coast of the Philippines, such breathtaking atolls encircle an impressive distinctiveness of marine life. The park is a marine sanctuary in which nature flourishes. Tubbataha Reef is the first national marine park in the Philippines and is also designated by the UNESCO as a one of the World Heritage Sites.
Tubbataha features several 33,200-hectare groups of diversified corals, fishes along with other varieties of marine life. It’s actually a dream place to go for divers and underwater scientists. It is the place to find around 300 coral types, no less than eight types of underwater mammals, 380 varieties of fish, seven kind of sea grass and 71 types of underwater plankton.
All things in Tubbataha are definitely large. Groupers, jacks, trevallies, Napoleon Wrasse, triggerfish, turtles, and also the sharks and lionfish were larger than those found in other diving sites. The fish regularly move around in shoals, which imply hundreds possibly even thousands, driving them to mimic one huge animal to safeguard them from larger possible predators such as sharks.
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Best Time to Dive
There is no such better or best time to dive anywhere in the Philippines given that the country is blessed with great weather conditions. Anytime can visit and dive the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. However, typically the best time to dive in Tubbataha runs between March and June. This peak season usually gives exceptional diving conditions bright skies, flat seas and amazing visibility of approximately between 30 meters and 45 meters.
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Getting There and Around
To get to the Tubbataha Reefs Nature Park, vacationers normally consider an hour air travel from Manila all the way to the city of Puerto Princesa. There are dive operators transport tourists and vacationers from the airport towards the jetty, several 5 minutes’ drive out and about, towards the Puerto Princesa jetty, where their dive boat is waiting for.
Tubbataha Reefs is reachable merely through sea transfer. It normally requires 10 hours to access the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park from the city of Puerto Princesa, with respect to the acceleration with the boat. The majority of the boats departs after dinner and get to Tubbataha at about 6 in the morning. Several sluggish boats, even so, depart the jetty earlier so that you can get to the Park at the beginning light.
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- Visa requirements
- Travel Insurance (make sure coverage for Scuba Diving is included)
- Medical status (Visit your doctor if you are unsure)
Tubbataha Weather NOW!
- Conditions for Puerto Princesa, RP at 8:00 am PHTCurrent Conditions: Mostly Cloudy, 81 F Forecast: Sat - Scattered Thunderstorms. High: 89 Low: 77 Sun - Scattered Thunderstorms. High: 89 Low: 78 Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather (provided by The Weather Channel) […]
