Malapascua Island is famous as the only place in the world where thresher sharks can be seen on a daily basis.
Malapascua Island has something for all divers, so come and dive the best kept secret of the Philippines - indeed of South East Asia. The Philippines is the new Thailand, but with much better diving and without the crowds! So make your next scuba diving trip to Malapascua Island!Malapascua diving offers: the only daily thresher shark sightings in the world, whitetip sharks, mantas, hammerheads (seasonal), wrecks, mandarin fish, countless nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, beautiful unspoiled coral gardens and a huge diversity of marine life.
Diving Packages
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Open Water Course Courses include Instructor fees, free equipment rental.
Who should take this course?
If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.
To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
What will you learn?The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!
You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.
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Materials 3,000 (net)
Marien park fee 150 per day -
ADVANCE OPEN WATER Courses include Instructor fees, free equipment rental
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences
That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.
Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course. If you’ve already taken a specialty diver course, ask your instructor if you’ve earned credit for an Adventure Dive.
Who should take this course?
PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course. Young divers may only participate in certain Adventures Dives – check with your PADI Instructor.
If you’re already an Adventure Diver, you only need to complete two more Adventure Dives to earn the Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
What will you learn?You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives.
During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.
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Materials 3,000 (net)
Marien park fee 150 per day -
FUN DIVES 2 DAYS - 2 DIVES PER DAY
4 Dives Total
THE DONNA MARILYN (Wreck)
Distance: 1.5 hours
Min. Depth: 18 meters
Max. Depth: 32 metersThe Dona Marilyn is a Filipino passenger ferry that sank on the 23rd of October 1988 in Typhoon Rudy. The 98 meter long ferry now lies intact on her starboard side in 32 meters of water, creating a unique artificial reef. Beneath the bow and stern you can find Marble […]
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Humid Shoal
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Kimud Shoal(*) Fun dives (includes: tank, weight, boat, DM)
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FUN DIVES 4 DAYS - 2 DIVES
8 Dives Total
KIMUD SHOAL
Distance: 1 hour
Min. Depth: 10 meters
Max. Depth: 30-40 metersA sea mound situated near the island of Leyte, the top of the mound is covered in soft flower corals, barrel sponges, and small outcrops of hard coral. The reef begins around 10 meters with one side gradually sloping down to 29 meters before becoming a severe drop off […]
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Two Thresher Sharks at Manad Shoal
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Monad Shoal (Thresher Sharks)MONAD SHOAL
Distance: 30 min. Min.
Min. Depth: 16 meters
Max. Depth: 30 meters (Deeper if Deep Driver Trained)Malapascua’s number one dive site is the world famous Monad Shoal. The top of Monad shoal ranges from 14 meters to 27 meters, with a drop-off that exceeds the limits of recreational diving. The famous Thresher sharks can be seen year round at this site.
(*) Fun dives (tank, weight, boat, DM) -
FUN DIVES 3 DAYS - 2 DIVES
6 Dives Total
KIMUD SHOAL
Distance: 1 hour
Min. Depth: 10 meters
Max. Depth: 30-40 metersA sea mound situated near the island of Leyte, the top of the mound is covered in soft flower corals, barrel sponges, and small outcrops of hard coral. The reef begins around 10 meters with one side gradually sloping down to 29 meters before becoming a severe drop off […]
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Two Thresher Sharks at Manad Shoal
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Monad Shoal (Thresher Sharks)MONAD SHOAL
Distance: 30 min. Min.
Min. Depth: 16 meters
Max. Depth: 30 meters (Deeper if Deep Driver Trained)Malapascua’s number one dive site is the world famous Monad Shoal. The top of Monad shoal ranges from 14 meters to 27 meters, with a drop-off that exceeds the limits of recreational diving. The famous Thresher sharks can be seen year round at this site.
(*) Fun dives (tank, weight, boat, DM) -
FUN DIVES 1 DAY - 2 DIVES
2 Dives Total
THE DONNA MARILYN (Wreck)
Distance: 1.5 hours
Min. Depth: 18 meters
Max. Depth: 32 metersThe Dona Marilyn is a Filipino passenger ferry that sank on the 23rd of October 1988 in Typhoon Rudy. The 98 meter long ferry now lies intact on her starboard side in 32 meters of water, creating a unique artificial reef. Beneath the bow and stern you can find Marble […]
Other Options:
Humid Shoal
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Kimud Shoal(*) Fun dives (includes: tank, weight, boat, DM)
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- PADI Divemaster
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- More information about Thresher Shark Divers
Thresher Shark Divers is based on Bounty Beach, Malapascua Island, just off the north tip of Cebu in the Philippines. We are located in the middle of a picture perfect white sandy beach near to Cocobana Resort.
We like to keep things small so that your dive experience is as personalized as possible. You won't be packed into a huge dive shop, just one insignificant diver among many. We keep groups as small as we can, usually no more than 4 per group. In addition, we try to be flexible and will do our best to accommodate the dive sites YOU want to go to. We will go diving even if it is just you on the boat
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