Seadoors Itinerary
Malapascua 6N7 days / 6 nights
About Seadoors
- Outstanding facilities for divers, plus support for tec, sidemount, and underwater photography
- Relaxed, social atmosphere ideal for adventurous and outgoing guests
- Spacious and comfortable cabins and common areas equipped with all the comforts of home
- Incredible itineraries exploring the best diving and lasting seven to ten stunning days at sea
Seadoors liveaboard is a comfortable and spacious modern safari vessel, cruising the Philippines’ most exciting diving destinations out of Cebu. This liveaboard offers friendly and social voyages, hosting 16 guests in absolute comfort for seven to ten incredible days at sea. Choose from a variety of exciting itineraries exploring all of this region's highlights for enthusiasts of coral reefs, muck diving, and sharks. Plus, stellar amenities for divers with high-quality rental equipment, nitrox, tec and rebreather support, facilities for personal gear and camera rigs, and an energetic and highly-trained international team.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 7 days / 6 nights
Number of dives 16
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Circular itinerary focusing on the famous diving at Malapascua
- See Malapascua's famous thresher sharks
- Dive Monad Shoal, the iconic thresher shark cleaning station
- Search for the hammerheads and mantas of Kimud Shoal
- See silhouettes of whitetip sharks in the caves of Gato Island
- Dive the coral gardens of Maripipi
- Macro specific night dives including the renowned Padre Burgos
Day 1:
The boarding is 13:00 to 17:00 at Cebu Yacht Club, from the airport or from your hotel in Cebu City a guide will drive you to the boat, embarkation, briefing, and presentation of your cabin.
Day 2:
Dive 1: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 2: Malapascua - Shallow plateau where we find more and more tiger sharks as well as other pelagic sharks and reef reefs.
Dive 3: Malapascua - Shallow slope with stunning macro such as seahorses, mandarin fish, frogfishes, etc.
Day 3:
Dive 4: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 5: Malapascua - Canyon with it's whitetip reef sharks and cat sharks. During night dive, this site is amazing with a large density of macro fauna as Spanish dancer, saw blade shrimps, crabs, and many kind of nudis.
Dive 6: Malapascua - The tunnel passage which crosses the island covered with yellow anemones, whitetip shark spectators, pygmies seahorses, harlequin shrimps, and spider crabs.
Dive 7: Malapascua.
Day 4:
Dive 8: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 9: Malapascua.
Dive 10: Camotes - It is a strait wall with an overhand in the wall done by sea erosion, totally covered by giant sea fans. We can spot barracudas hunting, as well school of fish.
Day 5:
Dive 11: Southern Leyte - Deep wall, wonderful coral garden, huge sea fans, an whale sharks on season.
Dive 12: Southern Leyte - Old local fisher men are looking for whale sharks for us. We'll be snorkeling with whale sharks during 2 hours.
Dive 13: Southern Leyte - Untouched coral garden with it's frogfishes, ghost pipefish, and pygmy seahorse.
Day 6:
Dive 14: Southern Leyte - one of the top ten dives in Visayas, as much by the diversity of the flora and the fauna as by the density, black coral, sea fans, and pygmy seahorse. Exploration of a underwater river of fresh water which develops a particular ecosystem. Sometimes whale shark in the South of the island.
Dive 15: Southern Leyte - This part of the wall is covered by black corals. The macro fauna is very surprising as xeno crabs, saw blade shrimps. At the end of de dive we'll be looking for the whitetip reef sharks sleeping in small caves.
Dive 16: Southern Leyte - slope with ghost pipefish, nudibranch varieties of sea turtles, crinoids, squat lobster, frogfishes, seahorse.
Day 7:
Return to Cebu Yacht Club, the disembarkation is from 08:00 to 11:00, we will drive you to the airport or to your hotel in Cebu City.
The boarding is 13:00 to 17:00 at Cebu Yacht Club, from the airport or from your hotel in Cebu City a guide will drive you to the boat, embarkation, briefing, and presentation of your cabin.
Day 2:
Dive 1: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 2: Malapascua - Shallow plateau where we find more and more tiger sharks as well as other pelagic sharks and reef reefs.
Dive 3: Malapascua - Shallow slope with stunning macro such as seahorses, mandarin fish, frogfishes, etc.
Day 3:
Dive 4: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 5: Malapascua - Canyon with it's whitetip reef sharks and cat sharks. During night dive, this site is amazing with a large density of macro fauna as Spanish dancer, saw blade shrimps, crabs, and many kind of nudis.
Dive 6: Malapascua - The tunnel passage which crosses the island covered with yellow anemones, whitetip shark spectators, pygmies seahorses, harlequin shrimps, and spider crabs.
Dive 7: Malapascua.
Day 4:
Dive 8: Malapascua - Unique thresher shark cleaning station in the world, but we also found mobula rays flying.
Dive 9: Malapascua.
Dive 10: Camotes - It is a strait wall with an overhand in the wall done by sea erosion, totally covered by giant sea fans. We can spot barracudas hunting, as well school of fish.
Day 5:
Dive 11: Southern Leyte - Deep wall, wonderful coral garden, huge sea fans, an whale sharks on season.
Dive 12: Southern Leyte - Old local fisher men are looking for whale sharks for us. We'll be snorkeling with whale sharks during 2 hours.
Dive 13: Southern Leyte - Untouched coral garden with it's frogfishes, ghost pipefish, and pygmy seahorse.
Day 6:
Dive 14: Southern Leyte - one of the top ten dives in Visayas, as much by the diversity of the flora and the fauna as by the density, black coral, sea fans, and pygmy seahorse. Exploration of a underwater river of fresh water which develops a particular ecosystem. Sometimes whale shark in the South of the island.
Dive 15: Southern Leyte - This part of the wall is covered by black corals. The macro fauna is very surprising as xeno crabs, saw blade shrimps. At the end of de dive we'll be looking for the whitetip reef sharks sleeping in small caves.
Dive 16: Southern Leyte - slope with ghost pipefish, nudibranch varieties of sea turtles, crinoids, squat lobster, frogfishes, seahorse.
Day 7:
Return to Cebu Yacht Club, the disembarkation is from 08:00 to 11:00, we will drive you to the airport or to your hotel in Cebu City.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics, and local regulations.
Transfer details
Departure
05:00pm
Cebu Yacht Club
Mactan International Airport: CEB
Return
11:00am
Cebu Yacht Club
Mactan International Airport: CEB
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