Light House - Tubbataha South Atoll

★★★★★ (89)

South Atoll - Steep walls, incredible and untouched coral formations, large schools of fish, sharks and large pelagics. An incredible dive for experienced divers

Steep walls, incredible and untouched coral formations, large schools of fish, sharks and large pelagics. An incredible dive for experienced divers

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Loggerhead Turtle
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Total number of species: 200

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Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
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Tiger Shark
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species: 130

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Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 28

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Clownfish
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Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 90

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Angelfish
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
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Blacktip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 90

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Goatfish
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Total number of species: 8

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Bannerfish
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Grey Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 40

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Jackfish
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
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Total number of species: 130

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Pufferfish
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Total number of species: 3

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Trumpetfish
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Total number of species: 110

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Snapper
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Total number of species: 60

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Soldierfish
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Total number of species: 60

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Squirrelfish
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Total number of species: 350

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Damselfish
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Total number of species: 15

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Tuna
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Total number of species: 25

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Boxfish
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Total number of species: 80

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Emperor
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Common Seahorse
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Total number of species: 85

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Surgeonfish
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Total number of species: 15

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Garfish
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Total number of species: 7000

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Crab
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Total number of species: 3000

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Nudibranch
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Silvertip Shark
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Total number of species: 2

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Nurse Shark
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Total number of species: 300

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Snake Eel
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Total number of species: 190

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Conger Eel
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Total number of species: 20

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Porcupinefish
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Garibaldi Damselfish
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Total number of species: 300

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Squid
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Total number of species: 120

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Cuttlefish
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Total number of species: 3400

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Shrimp
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
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Total number of species: 30

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Stonefish
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Caribbean Reef Shark
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Dive Sites Nearby

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Staghorn Point (★4.7)

Starting at 7 meters, undulating fields of staghorn coral extending to about 500 meters creep to the edges of a wall that plunges deep at Tubbataha.
Mares

Southwest Wall (★4.2)

A steep wall that plunges deep where mild currents give you a gentle ride to watch schooling juvenile grey reef sharks numbering anywhere between 20 to 50 swim about.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Triggerfish City (★4.7)

The reef top starts at 5 meters going west inwards where red tooth triggerfish converge, hence the name. Though titan triggerfish are also around to pick up a fight with the unsuspecting diver during nesting season.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Delsan Wreck (★4.5)

Delsan is considered a top 50 dive destination on the planet. The reef top starts at 5 meters and gently slopes toward the edges of a wall to 23 meters where a crevasse plunging to 40 meters becomes a refuge from the raging current.
Aqualung

Black Rock (★4.6)

One of the few known reef manta cleaning stations in Southeast Asia where cleaner wrasse serve to remove dead skin off the mantas’ body. This site is called Black Rock because of a rock at 8 meters where one of the buoys are set up.
Mares

Ko-Ok (★4.4)

An underrated dive site where tiger shark encounters have been recorded. Undulating sun rays filtering through the asymmetrical arrangement on the steep wall where the reef top starts at 3 meters plunging to incongruent depths lend beauty to Ko-Ok a kin to an abstract Picasso piece of art.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

T-Wreck (★4.5)

The shallow reef top at 5 meters is a feeding ground for the resident schooling bumphead parrot fish, so keep watch when you begin your dive or when doing your safety stop towards the end of your dive. Located on the northern tip of the south atoll, T Wreck is a slanting wall that plunges deep.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Amos Rock (★4.5)

This site is called Amos Rock due to a distinct rock formation on the reef top at 5 meters where schooling midnight snapper converge. Amos Rock is an alternate dive spot when Amihan winds are blowing at full force, forbidding access to eastern dive spots.
Mares

South Park - Tubbataha (★4.5)

Noth Atoll - Steep walls, incredible and untouched coral formations, large schools of fish, sharks and large pelagics.
Mares

Wall Street (★4.4)

Further down south along the wall that starts off at Malayan Wreck, ‘Wall Street’ gives credence to its name, a steep wall that plunges deep down 50 – 60 meters & a wonderful colorful coral garden on the reef top at 3 – 5 meters great both for beginning & ending dives.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Ranger Station - Tubbataha Reef (★4.5)

Noth Atoll - Steep walls, incredible and untouched coral formations, large schools of fish, sharks and large pelagics. An incredible dive for experienced divers.
Mares

Shark Airport (★4.5)

The sloping, terrace-like area of the reef, found at 20 meters, is the highlight of this dive site. This is where several whitetip reef sharks can be spotted all at once. This dive site is very remote and only accessible by a liveaboard boat.
Aqualung

Malayan (Wreck) (★4.4)

A story goes around that in the 70s ‘Malayan,’ a fishing vessel got the heavy brunt of a strong typhoon & smashed onto the shallow reef top at the southwest side of Tubbatahas’s north atoll. It is now called the Malayan Wreck and has settled on the shallow reef top.
Aqualung

Washing Machine (★4.4)

A very special site found in Mindoro, this dive spot will surprise you with a number of small interlocking canyons and swim-throughs, along with beautiful coral.
Mares

Seafan Alley (★4.4)

As the name implies, gorgonian fan corals decorate this northernmost area of the atoll. Like most dive sites at Tubbataha, wall drift diving is the name of the game.