Aggressor Liveaboards Philippines

Best of Visayas

June – February
7 or 10 night itineraries offered

The Best of Visayas islands is a vast area with and home to some of the best scuba diving the Philippines offers. You can choose 7 nights or 10 nights. The itinerary route will be chosen once guests board and is based on weather, sea conditions, and visibility and the favorable route will be chosen.

From soft coral covered walls to black sand dives to Thresher sharks, huge schools of sardines, turtles, schools of jacks and whale sharks. On the macro side there is fascinating critters such as waspfish, ghost pipefish and many other unique bottom dwellers, offering lots of diversity.

Sample itineraries for Best of Visayas:

7 Nights – Malapascua, Capitancillo, Anda, Pamilacan, Balicasag, Cabilao

 10 Nights – Malapascua/Gato, Capitancillo, Anda, Pamilacan, Oslob/Sumilon, Apo Island, Dauin, Balicasag, Olongo

7 Nights – Malapascua/Gato, Capitancillo, Southern Leyte, Anda, Olongo

10 Nights – Malapascua/Gato, Moalboal/Pascador, Oslob/Sumilon, Apo Island/Dauin, Siquijor, Balicasag, Olongo

Visayas South

There are 4 different itineraries offered to the areas of the Visayas islands. View maps for more details. Diving in this region for seven or ten nights is home to some of the best scuba diving the Philippines offers. From soft coral covered walls to black sand dives to Thresher sharks, huge schools of sardines, turtles, schools of jacks and whale sharks. On the macro side there is fascinating critters such as waspfish, ghost pipefish and many other unique bottom dwellers, offering lots of diversity.

South Visayas

7 Night Itinerary – June – February

South Visayas 7 nights – Cabilao, Balicasag, Sumilon, Moalboal, Pescador, Siquijor, Apo Island, Dauin

Tubbataha

7 Night Itinerary – Beginning of March to Beginning of July

(The dive site schedule changes weather conditions)

Tubbataha sits in the Sulu Sea and is in the middle of the Coral Triangle between Indonesia, Malayasia and the Philippines. The Tubbataha Reefs National Parks is an 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. 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 trivially, 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; hammerheadsharks, silky sharks and even whale sharks.

*at the end of the season a 10 night transition trip is offered from Tubbataha to the Visayas.

Sample Itinerary

This itinerary features 3-4 dives each day, up to 20 in the Tubbataha area on a 7-night trip.  The Tubbataha Reefs National Parks does not permit night diving.

Tubbataha/Visayas Transition

Enjoy the Best of the Philippines on the 10 Night/11 Day transition charter as the Philippines Aggressor® makes its seasonal change and relocates between its Visayas Diving home port in Cebu and its Tubbataha reef home port in Puerta Princessa.  This relocation adventure provides guests a dual experience with dives in the Tubbataha reef area as well as the southern Visayas sea and places in between that are only visited on this itinerary.

Tubbataha sits in the Sulu Sea and is in the middle of the Coral Triangle between Indonesia, Malayasia and the Philippines. The Tubbataha Reefs National Parks is an 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.  

Visayas is home to some of the best scuba diving the Philippines offers.  Areas such as Apo Island and Bohol in the southern parts of Visayas reveal an underwater paradise with vibrant coral reefs and diverse marine life.  Highlights include encounters with turtles, reef sharks, and schools of jacks.  On the macro side, tiny critters like nudibranchs, waspfish, ghost pipefish, seahorses, frogfish, and many other unique bottom dwellers offer lots of diversity.