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Tubbataha Reef is the Philippines' most celebrated dive site, a remote pair of submerged atolls only accessible by liveaboard and home to such a diverse array of marine creatures it's a listed UNESCO World Heritage site. Here's my report on my return to Tubbataha after a five year absence. (more...)
Hans Christian Andersen is a repurposed and large diving liveaboard that provides basic but comfortable accommodation from which to explore the Philippines best dive spots. Here's my review of what's good and bad about this liveaboard and whether you should consider taking a trip on it (more...)
Sogod Bay in the Philippines is one of the most incredible - and uncrowded - places to have a good chance of encountering the biggest fish in the world - the whale shark. Here are some videos shot at Sogod Bay by my friend Pedro (more...)
The Philippines has some of the best - and most affordable - diving in Asia but still remains off the beaten track compared to countries like Thailand and Indonesia. Here's my rundown of the best places to scuba dive in Philippines, along with links to more detailed reports on each location (more...)
Finding a clown frogfish is hard enough - but to find a baby clown frogfish is a real red letter day for a diver (more...)
There's only one problem with diving the central region of the Philippines known as the Visayas - there's just too many dive sites to see in even a generous vacation time. A newly launched Visayas liveaboard from Expedition Fleet makes it easier to see the best of the Visayas (more...)
Despite having a feast of great muck diving, Davao Gulf in the Southern Philippines has remained largely off the dive map. All that could be about to change. (more...)
Tubbataha Reef is the Philippines' diving jewel in the crown, two remote, submerged atolls that are only accessible for a few months each year. If you like wall diving, you'll love Tubbataha. (more...)
DivePhotoGuide has a great, in-depth article on diving one of the Philippines' most famous dive spots, Puerto Galera. Matt Weiss has written up his trip as a guide to underwater photography in Puerto, along with some great shots. (more...)
I'm off this evening to the Philippines, spending a week on the Expedition Fleet Visayas liveaboard. The trip will be taking in some of the Philippines' best known diving areas - Malapascua, home of the famously long-tailed thresher sharks; Moalboal and Pescador island; Apo Island; Bohol; and Cabilao. It's going to be a bit of a primer in all these different Philippines sites that I've heard a lot about - certainly being on the liveaboard will make it much easier to see all these dive areas in one week - to get to each place by land would take forever. The Philippines is sadly not blessed with great infrastructure. (more...)
If you're flying with dive gear on budget Filipino carrier Cebu Pacific, you'll want to take advantage of their new Prepaid Excess Baggage facility to avoid a lot of grief at the check-in desk (more...)
The new issue of Scuba Diver Australasia magazine just out has my article about diving Davao in the Philippines -- a still largely undiscovered muck diving paradise (more...)
It's the Filipino equivalent of Truk Lagoon - a spectacular collection of huge Japanese warships sunk around Coron, at the northern tip of Palawan. Ayesha Cantrell explains why Coron is wreck heaven (more...)
The peacock mantis shrimp is one of my all time favourite underwater critters, and on my recent trip to Davao in the Philippines I managed to get some pretty good shots of this amazing creature (more...)
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