Upside Down Landing Craft Utility (LCU2)

★★★★☆ (122)

The Landing Craft Tank was an assault craft designed to deliver tanks onto a hostile beach. This wreck offers a combination of small penetration opportunites and abundant marine life on the outside.

Sea fans, schools of cardinal fish, lion fish, brown-banded pipefish, nudibranchs, parrotfish, wrasse, and Moorish idols live here.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 300

Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl

Octopus
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Humpback Whale
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Whitetip Reef Shark
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130

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Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 28

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Clownfish
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Total number of species: 7000

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Crab
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Total number of species: 90

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Angelfish
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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 8

Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl

Bannerfish
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Blacktip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 80

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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 30

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Sand Eel
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
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Total number of species: 50

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Frogfish
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Total number of species: 350

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Damselfish
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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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Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)
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Panther Moray Eel (Dragon Eel)
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Total number of species: 22

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Cod
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Dive Sites Nearby

Mares

Kyo Maru Wreck (★4.0)

Resting at 69 m, the Kyo Maru Dive Site in Subic Bay is now a favoured training dive for trimix courses and a preserved piece of history. The Kyo is broken in 2 pieces but otherwise fairly intact. Location outside the bay the dive is often done in blue water and making for nice decompression ride.
Aqualung

Savage A2 AJ2 Bomber Wreck (★3.3)

Trimix dive. This wreck is in 72m of water very intact except some damage to the rear fuselage and 1 propellor missing. The propellor likely broke off as a result of the engine over speed. A blue water dive and a must for trimix divers to tick off their bucket list.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

El Capitan (USS Majaba) (★4.1)

A well-known wreck in Subic Bay, divers of every level can explore this ship that once fought on one of the most intense battlegrounds during the Pacific War. Situated on a a shallow reef slope 20 meters deep, the El Capitan can usually be seen from the surface, even with the murky visibility.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

L2D “Tabby“ (Japaness DC-3) (★3.3)

LST stands for “Landing Ship, Tank“ and she used to carry troops, tanks, and cargo directly onto a hostile beach. She is presumed to be an LST 1 class and the 331 is the only ship of this clas was lost in Subic Bay.
Scubapro

Douglas Skyraider (Wreck) (★3.8)

The Skyraider is the most well-known piston-engined aircraft used by the United States during World War II. This unique AD-5N (redesignated as A-1G) wreck is still intact and in fantastic condition, making it a site to see for aviation enthusiasts.
Mares

USS New York (Wreck) (★3.8)

The only known wreck of an American pre-dreadought warship anywhere in the world. The Ship’s history and unique design makes divers from all over the world flock to her.