Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)

Trip highlights: shark action, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving

Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha North Atoll: Ranger Station, Shark Airport, Washing Machine, Malayan Wreck, Seafan Alley, Terraces; Tubbataha South Atoll: Black Rock, T Wreck, Ko-Ok, Delsan Wreck, Triggerfish City, Southwest Wall, Staghorn Point; Jessie Beazley Reef; Puerto Princesa

Day 1
You will board the Philippines Aggressor I yacht in Puerto Princesa for this Sulu Sea liveaboard cruise, where snacks and drinks will be served upon arrival. The cruise director will welcome you aboard, assign cabins, conduct a safety briefing, and outline the dive plans for the week. You will relax as dinner is served while the liveaboard yacht departs for the 10-hour overnight crossing to Tubbataha. After a restful night, diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
The Tubbataha Reefs National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the heart of the Sulu Sea, within the Coral Triangle. This remote marine sanctuary is home to over 370 species of coral, 600 species of fish, and 12 species of whales and dolphins.
The diving here is world-class, offering crystal-clear waters, dramatic vertical walls, and unspoiled biodiversity. You’ll experience thrilling encounters with sharks, including whitetip, blacktip, grey reef, silky, hammerhead, and tiger sharks. Whale sharks occasionally cruise by, and the sheer abundance of life makes every dive unique.
Massive schools of barracuda, trevally, and jacks circle in the blue, while turtles, manta rays, and Napoleon wrasse are common sightings. The walls are covered in vibrant soft corals, giant barrel sponges, and numerous cleaning stations buzzing with reef fish. In the shallows, you’ll find hard coral gardens teeming with anthias, butterflyfish, and parrotfish.
Although large pelagics steal the show, the macro life is also exceptional. Keen-eyed divers can spot leaf scorpionfish, ornate ghost pipefish, pygmy seahorses, and nudibranchs among the corals. Night dives often reveal crustaceans, hunting morays, and Spanish dancers drifting through the current.
After 2 morning dives on the final full day near Puerto Princesa, the Philippines Aggressor returns to port, with dinner enjoyed at a local restaurant.

Day 8
After breakfast, you will disembark the liveaboard and transfer to a hotel or the local airport.

Malapascua, Cebu, Bohol & Dumaguete (11 Days / 10 Nights - 27 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Malapascua, Gato, Capitancillo, Cebu: Moalboal, Pascador, Oslob, Sumilon, Dumaguete: Apo Island, Siquijor, Dauin, Bohol: Pamilacan, Anda, Olango

Day 1
Step aboard the Philippines Aggressor I in Cebu to begin your Visayas liveaboard adventure. Upon arrival, you’ll be welcomed with refreshments as the crew assists you with your luggage and cabin check-in. As the evening unfolds, enjoy a freshly prepared dinner while the liveaboard sets sail from port, beginning its journey toward the first dive destination. Relax on deck or in your cabin and settle into the rhythm of life at sea. After a restful night’s sleep, your diving adventures start the next morning.

Core Days
This Philippines Aggressor itinerary showcases the best diving in the Central Visayas, taking you on a circular route around Cebu Island with a detour to Dumaguete. It offers an extraordinary variety of liveaboard diving, from exhilarating pelagic encounters to world-class macro sites, set in the heart of the Coral Triangle, one of the most biologically diverse marine regions on Earth.
At Malapascua, experience the thrill of dawn dives with thresher sharks, a globally rare encounter, along with mantas and hammerheads that occasionally pass through the deeper waters. Cabilao offers stunning walls and the chance to spot hammerheads and grey reef sharks in the blue. Balicasag Island is a diver’s paradise with steep walls covered in hard and soft corals, home to green and hawksbill turtles, schools of jackfish, barracuda, and snappers.
Cebu's Moalboal is world-famous for its massive sardine run, where millions of sardines move in shimmering formations that attract tuna, trevallies, and whitetip reef sharks - a breathtaking spectacle for both divers and photographers. Sumilon Island occasionally hosts whale sharks, and Apo Island delivers exceptional biodiversity, with vibrant coral gardens, sea snakes, turtles, and large pelagic fish patrolling the drop-offs.
In Dauin and Dumaguete, the focus of the liveaboard tour shifts to muck diving - a macro lover’s dream. Here you can find flamboyant cuttlefish, mimic and blue-ringed octopus, ornate ghost pipefish, ribbon eels, pygmy seahorses, and an endless array of nudibranchs. Night dives reveal stargazers, bobbit worms, and other rare nocturnal species that make these volcanic sands some of the most productive macro sites in Asia.
Throughout the week, expect up to 4-5 dives per day with the Philippines Aggressor I, including night dives and sunrise shark dives, giving you the full range of underwater experiences that the region has to offer.

Final Day
After breakfast, you will disembark the liveaboard and transfer to your hotel or the local airport, ending your unforgettable diving tour through the Visayas onboard the Philippines Aggressor I.

Tubbataha, Cebu, Bohol, Dumaguete & Cagayan

Trip highlights: whale sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving

Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha North Atoll: Ranger Station, Shark Airport, Washing Machine, Malayan Wreck, Seafan Alley, Terraces; Tubbataha South Atoll: Black Rock, T Wreck, Ko-Ok, Delsan Wreck, Triggerfish City, Southwest Wall, Staghorn Point; Jessie Beazley Reef, Bohol: Cabilao, Balicasag; Cebu: Mactan, Olango; Dumaguete: Siquijor, Apo Island, Dauin

Day 1
Step aboard the Philippines Aggressor I in Puerto Princesa for the start of this extensive liveaboard adventure. The voyage combines 2 of the Philippines’ most exceptional diving regions - the Sulu Sea and the Visayas. Upon arrival, you’ll be welcomed with refreshments as the crew helps you settle into your cabin. The cruise director will then conduct a full safety briefing and outline the week’s diving itinerary. Enjoy a freshly prepared dinner on board and get a good night’s rest before the diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
The diving cruise begins in Tubbataha Reefs, a national park renowned for its pristine reefs and incredible biodiversity. The park is home to 370 coral species, over 600 species of fish, and 12 species of cetaceans. The dramatic walls of the North and South Atolls are covered in soft corals, sponges, and sea fans, while cleaning stations attract grey reef, whitetip, and blacktip sharks. You’ll also encounter silky sharks, hammerheads, and occasionally whale sharks cruising through the blue. Large pelagics such as dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, and barracuda are common, alongside manta rays, turtles, and Napoleon wrasse. Shallow reef tops burst with hard corals and clouds of reef fish, making every dive a visual feast.
After exploring Tubbataha, the Philippines Aggressor sails toward the Visayas, where you’ll experience a completely different kind of liveaboard diving. At Malapascua, you can witness the world-famous thresher sharks during early-morning dives, while Cabilao offers possible hammerhead encounters along its steep drop-offs. Balicasag is famous for its walls covered in hard corals and its resident turtle population, while Apo Island teems with schools of trevally, snapper, and barracuda. For macro enthusiasts, Dauin offers superb muck diving, where you can find seahorses, devil scorpionfish, pipefish, leaffish and an endless variety of crustaceans.
Diving at Siquijor is also on the liveaboard schedule, offering an enchanting blend of serene beauty and vibrant marine life, perfectly reflecting the island's mystical reputation. Its healthy fringing reefs are adorned with colorful soft corals and sea fans, creating a picturesque landscape for encounters with sea turtles, schools of jacks, and occasional reef sharks. The island is also famed for its captivating underwater landmarks, including a sunken cathedral and a unique 'sanctuary' of submerged statues, adding a touch of magic to every dive.

Final Day
After breakfast, you will disembark the Philippines Aggressor I and transfer to the local airport for your onward journey.
Note: This liveaboard route may operate in reverse, so please confirm the exact embarkation and disembarkation ports before travel.

Cebu, Bohol & Dumaguete (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Bohol: Cabilao; Cebu: Sumilon, Moalboal, Pescador, Mactan, Olango; Dumaguete: Apo Island, Dauin

Day 1 Board the Philippines Aggressor I liveaboard in the afternoon in Cebu and settle into your cabin. The crew will conduct a full safety and vessel briefing. You’ll complete the necessary paperwork, familiarize yourself with the boat, and enjoy snacks and drinks while meeting your fellow guests. Dinner will be served as the yacht departs port, marking the start of your Central Visayas diving adventure. After a restful night, the diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
This liveaboard itinerary explores the highlights of the Central Visayas region, featuring some of the Philippines’ most diverse and exciting dive destinations around Cebu Island and Dumaguete. Expect a perfect mix of pelagic encounters, reef diving, and world-class macro life.
Start your safari with the Philippines Aggressor I at Cabilao, known for hammerhead shark sightings, dramatic walls, and vibrant coral gardens. The site offers both deep and shallow dives with sponges, fans, and schooling fish. Experience turtle encounters among lush coral slopes and reef walls alive with anthias, jackfish, and barracuda. The marine sanctuary here is one of the most photogenic in the Visayas.
Dive into the world-famous sardine run of Moalboal, where millions of sardines move in synchronized motion, a mesmerizing underwater spectacle often joined by trevallies and thresher sharks. Enjoy the chance to see whale sharks and manta rays cruising over colorful reefs and coral plateaus. The dives here often feature strong currents, attracting large pelagic species.
Apo Island offers huge schools of trevally, pristine coral gardens, and dramatic drop-offs. Expect plenty of marine life and excellent visibility, making it a highlight of the liveaboard cruise.
Conclude with muck diving at Dauin, one of Asia’s most famous macro photography locations. Search for frogfish, sea moths, seahorses, ribbon eels, mimic octopus, and countless species of nudibranchs and shrimps - a paradise for critter enthusiasts.
After 2 morning dives on the final full day, Philippines Aggressor returns to port in Dumaguete. Dinner will be enjoyed ashore at a local restaurant, offering a relaxed close to your diving week.

Final Day
Enjoy your final breakfast on board before disembarking. The crew will assist with transfers to the local airport, marking the end of your unforgettable Visayas liveaboard diving adventure.
This itinerary makes use of both Cebu and Dumaguete as its ports. Check your specific trip for port details.

Southern Leyte, Malapascua, Cebu & Bohol (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Southern Leyte: Sogod Bay - Napantao Fish Sanctuary, Santa Paz, Limasawa, Panaon Island; Camotes, Bohol: Anda, Cabilao, Olango, Malapascua: Monad Shoal, Gato, Capitancillo

Day 1
You will be welcomed aboard the Philippines Aggressor I yacht, where snacks and drinks will be served. The cruise director will greet you, introduce the crew, and provide a safety and orientation briefing. You’ll then be assigned your cabin. Dinner will be served as the yacht departs the port. After a restful night, diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
Your liveaboard adventure with the Philippines Aggressor takes you through the best diving areas of Malapascua, Bohol, and Southern Leyte - 3 of the Philippines’ most celebrated diving regions.
At Malapascua, you can look forward to diving with thresher sharks at Monad Shoal, one of the few places in the world where these rare sharks can be seen almost daily. Depending on conditions, you may also spot hammerheads, manta rays, and eagle rays, along with schools of barracuda, jacks, and snapper. Coral gardens such as Gato Island offer white-tip reef sharks, cuttlefish, seahorses, and banded sea snakes among spectacular soft corals.
In Bohol, dives around Balicasag Island feature massive schools of trevally, turtles, garden eels, and painted frogfish, while Cabilao Island offers stunning wall dives, hard coral plateaus, and the chance to encounter hammerheads in the deep blue.
Southern Leyte is one of the country’s newest wonders. The region is famous for seasonal encounters with whale sharks, which visit to feed on plankton blooms. It also offers some of the best macro diving in the Philippines, where you’ll find hairy frogfish, mimic and blue-ringed octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish, stargazers, pipefish, and xeno crabs. Dive sites like Napantao and Limasawa Island feature dramatic walls, giant sea fans, schooling fusiliers, turtles, batfish, and vibrant soft coral gardens.
Across all areas, you’ll experience incredible biodiversity within the Coral Triangle, home to hundreds of coral and fish species, colorful nudibranchs, mantis shrimp, pyjama cardinalfish, and juvenile reef life in every crevice. Day 8
After breakfast, you will disembark the Philippines Aggressor I and be transferred to the airport or your local hotel.

Apo Reef & Coron (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)

Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Apo Reef: Shark Ridge, The Channel, Cabbage Patch, Barracuda Point, Hunter’s Rock, Turtle Corner, Busuanga Reefs, Calumbuyan Island, Coron Wrecks: Okikawa Maru, Akitsushima, Tangat Gunboat, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Olympia Maru. Optional land excursion: Kayangan Lake and Maquinit Hot Springs.

Day 1
This dive adventure begins in Coron Bay as you step aboard the Philippines Aggressor liveaboard. Settle in with snacks and a cool drink while the crew ensures you feel at home. By early evening, after all guests have boarded, the cruise director will outline the week ahead, covering safety protocols, crew introductions, and the dive plan. With paperwork complete and cabins assigned, enjoy a welcoming dinner as the vessel departs quietly into the night, setting a steady course for the remote reefs to come.

Core Days
You wake to the first light over Apo Reef, the Philippines' largest coral reef system and the world's second-largest contiguous atoll. From the Philippines Aggressor, you'll launch into waters that feel genuinely untouched. At Shark Ridge, the current often brings grey reef and white tip sharks cruising along the wall, while The Channel funnels nutrient-rich water, attracting schools of jacks and barracuda that patrol the drop-off. Cabbage Patch lives up to its name with expansive coral formations, and at Hunter’s Rock, the reef slope is thick with soft corals and anemones.
Moving south within the marine park, Barracuda Point offers the chance to see large solitary barracuda and schools of snapper. Turtle Corner is a reliable spot to find green and hawksbill turtles resting on the reef or cleaning stations. The dives here are about scale and health, with immense table corals, sponges the size of small cars, and the constant, quiet presence of reef life going about its day.
As the liveaboard moves toward Coron, the underwater landscape changes completely. The reefs around Busuanga and Calumbuyan Island offer mellow dives with excellent hard coral coverage and frequent turtle sightings. Then, you enter the sheltered waters of Coron Bay, where history rests on the seabed. The Japanese fleet, sunk in 1944, has become a series of hauntingly beautiful wrecks. The Okikawa Maru, a massive tanker, invites experienced divers to penetrate its holds, where perches of glassfish shimmer in the gloom. The Akitsushima is a seaplane tender, its huge crane now festooned in black coral. Shallow and accessible, the Tangat Gunboat is perfect for a late afternoon dive, its hull encrusted with life. Deeper wrecks like the Irako, Kogyo Maru, and Olympia Maru offer labyrinthine engine rooms and cargo spaces to explore, each a silent, silt-floored gallery of coral and history.
On the final full day of this Philippines Aggressor liveaboard cruise, you have a choice. Take one last dive on a wreck, or surface for a different kind of exploration. A short trip takes you to the stunning Kayangan Lake, a freshwater lake surrounded by limestone karsts, where you can snorkel in surreal, clear water. Later, soak tired muscles in the natural mineral warmth of Maquinit Hot Springs, surrounded by mangroves.

Day 8
After a final breakfast on the Philippines Aggressor in Coron Harbour, it's time to say your goodbyes. You'll disembark, with a transfer waiting to take you to the airport or your next hotel, already carrying the weightless memories of wrecks and reefs.

Apo Reef, Coron, Batangas & Dugongs (11 Days / 10 Nights - 36 Dives)

Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Coron Wrecks: Okikawa Maru, Akitsushima, Tangat Gunboat, Lusong Gunboat, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Nanshin Maru; Barracuda Lake, Malajon Island, Dimipac, Apo Reef: Coral Gardens, Blue Hole, Cabbage Patch, Barracuda Point, Hunter’s Rock, South Wall; Verde Island: The Pinnacle, Soft Coral Gardens, Washing Machine; Puerto Galera: Escarceo Point. Optional land excursion: Kayangan Lake and Maquinit Hot Springs.

Day 1
Board the Philippines Aggressor liveaboard in Coron Bay. After settling in, snacks and drinks are served as you meet fellow divers. The cruise director welcomes everyone, introduces the crew, and runs through the safety briefing and plans for the days ahead. You’ll have time to complete dive paperwork, get comfortable in your cabin, and familiarise yourself with the vessel. Dinner is served as the boat slips away from the port, and by the time you turn in, the engine’s steady thrum is already carrying you toward the first dive.

Core Days
Over the coming days, you’ll move through some of the most varied diving the Philippines offers. The Philippines Aggressor liveaboard anchors you over a sequence of distinct underwater worlds: from the silent wrecks of Coron to the walls of Apo Reef, then into the current-swept richness of Verde Island Passage and the macro havens of Puerto Galera.
Coron’s wrecks are the opening act. These Japanese ships, sunk in 1944, rest in clear, sheltered water. The Okikawa Maru is a tanker you can penetrate, its holds now home to batfish and jacks. The Akitsushima is a seaplane tender, recognisable by the massive crane on its deck, now coated in soft corals. Shallower sites like the Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Gunboat are encrusted with life and perfect for late light or a night dive. Deeper wrecks such as the Irako, Kogyo Maru, and Nanshin Maru, ask for more experience, rewarding you with engine rooms and cargo spaces where glassfish shimmer in the beam of your torch. For something entirely different, a dive in Barracuda Lake offers a surreal shift: warm, stratified freshwater, a thermocline you can feel, and ancient limestone walls rising above.
A day at Malajon Island changes the pace. The protected waters here offer a genuine chance to observe dugongs grazing on seagrass - a quiet yet special encounter. Nearby Dimipac delivers drift dives over reefs thick with fusiliers, and the macro life on the sandy slopes keeps critter-spotters busy.
Then, Apo Reef. As the largest coral reef system in the Philippines, it feels expansive and wild. Coral Gardens are dense with table and staghorn formations. The Blue Hole, when conditions allow, is a dark-eyed sinkhole in the reef you can drop into. Cabbage Patch is named for the enormous coral formations that resemble their terrestrial namesake. At Barracuda Point, solitary hunters patrol the edge, and at Hunter’s Rock and the South Wall, the drop-offs are thick with soft corals and schools of snapper.
After an overnight sail south, you wake on the liveaboard off Verde Island. This is the "Center of the Center of Marine Biodiversity", and it shows. The Pinnacle rises from the depths, draped in life and washed by currents that draw in jacks, tuna, and rainbow runners. Soft Coral Gardens is exactly that - bommies smothered in colour. Then there’s the Washing Machine: a site where currents swirl and mix, and you drift weightless over clouds of anthias and through baitfish balls, holding your position near the reef as the water moves you.
A final day of diving with the Philippines Aggressor near Puerto Galera includes Escarceo Point, a drift along a wall where turtles rest in recesses and schools of jacks cruise past. If you choose, the optional excursion to Kayangan Lake offers a chance to surface in a different world - a freshwater lake cradled by limestone karsts, where you can snorkel in eerily clear water. After that, head on to feel the natural warmth of Maquinit Hot Springs.

Day 11
After breakfast, you’ll disembark in Anilao, with transfers ready to take you to your next destination.
Trips operate in both directions.