this is usually included in the
liveaboard fee. This revenue is used
to manage, maintain and improve
the park.
This is an important site
biologically. The area is a spawning
and grow-out sanctuary for corals
and fishes. This spawn may be
carried by oceanic currents to
replenish coastal reefs and as far as
Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and
Indonesia.
The official website for Tubbataha
is: http://www.tubbatahareef.org
- Tubbataha North
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Location: 180km or 110 miles SE of
Puerto Princesa , Sulu Sea
Depth: Surface to130 ft. (0-40m)
A week of liveaboard diving maystart at Shark Airportand run from
North Tubbataha to the south,
diving at sites along the way kind of
depending on what the wind is
doing. The ship will normally
anchor in the lee.
The north end of Tubbataha has a
sandy islet that is a sea bird
sanctuary mostly as a nesting spot
for boobies and egg laying beach
for sea turtles. It is called Bird Islet.
Shark Airportand South Shark
Airporthave a series of sandy
channels leading out to a wall. This
is a great spot to see sea turtles,
eagle rays and lots of various jack
species. Whitetip reef sharks rest in
many of the sand valleys like planes
on a tarmac, thus the name.
The wall has schooling
bannerfish, bigeye jacks and
unicornfish. Look for some greatSouth Tubbataha lighthouse