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| Malapascua is a small island at the Northern tip of Cebu, it is 2,5 km long and 1km wide. In different resorts there are about 150 beds for guests available and as well good restaurants with local and international dishes. Most of the about 3,000 residents are still living from fishing. White sandy beaches and the chance to see thresher sharks, manta rays and great wreck dives were quickly marketing the island to a divers hot spot in the Philippines. | | | Getting there: From Cebu City you can go by taxi or bus, north to Maya, which will take 3-4 hours. Then it takes 30 minutes by outrigger boat to reach Malapascua. Make it easy on yourself and let the Sea Explorers Cebu Office organize the transport for you.
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| | Ocean Vida Beach and Dive Resort
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| | The Ocean Vida Beach and Dive Resort is situated at a first class location directly at the white Bounty Beach, just beside the Sea Explorers dive center. All the 12 comfortable beachfront deluxe rooms provide aircon and fan as well as cold/hot shower and balcony or terrace. Right behind the Sea Explorers dive center there are also 8 newly built Standard garden rooms (option: aircon or fan). Furthermore, a restaurant/bar as well with beautiful beach and sea view are available above the dive center.
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Sea Explorers Malapascua
| | | The Sea Explorers PADI 5* Instructor Development Dive Resort (in conjunction with Ocean Vida Beach & Dive Resort) is located directly at the beautiful white sandy Bounty beach. The dive center offers state-of-the-art classroom, equipment room and other facilities as well as professional dive services for up to 40 divers.
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|  | | | | | The dive center is managed since 2005 by a German/Swiss couple, Sven and Fabienne. Both are PADI instructors and have been working before many years in Thailand and Egypt. The guiding is done by the locals Martin, Tong, Rex, Ting, Beds, Vic, Erwin and our Local PADI Diving Intructors Tata, Dishiely, and Toto. |
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|  | | | | | Three native Sea Explorers boats and a speedboat to take the guests to the beautiful dive sites in the area. OCEAN HUNTER: Outrigger boat for day trips. Capacity: max. 14 divers. TALISIN : Typical native outrigger banca boats for safaris, transfers and day trips.. KATAWA: Outrigger boat for single dives and transfers. Capacity: max. 8 divers |
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Sea Explorers Malapascua offers
| | - One of the only places in the world that you will see
Thresher sharks
almost on a daily basis.
- Up to 4 dives a day
- PADI courses and PADI IDC trainings
- Independent power supply
- Good quality, well maintained rental equipment
- Best wreck dive in the Visayas on the Dona Marilyn
- Money back quarantee for the Lighthouse Sunset dive
| | | | Technical Information | | | - Water temperature: 26 C - 29 C
- 12 liter. Aluminium tanks
- NITROX 32%
- Tank valves are international yoke, bring an adapter
if you have a din regulator
- Maximum depth is 30 meters
- No decompression diving
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| MONAD SHOAL
| | | Early morning dive starts between 5am - 6am. depending on the weekday. In 30 minutes you will reach Monad Shoal . The island has a diameter of 1,5km. Depth 18 - 23 meters. In Monad Shoal you have a 70% chance the whole year round to see the thresher sharks. Manta rays and Mobulas are also spotted but mostly in the afternoon dives. Dive with a longer smile....dive Nitrox!
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|  | | | LAPUS LAPUS AND DEEP ROCK
| | | A 10 minute boat ride takes you to this place in the northwestern side of Malapascua. There is good rock formation down to 20m with beautiful soft corals, small reef fish, frogfish, lionfish, scorpionfish and nudibranches. It makes a perfect dive site for beginners.
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|  | | | LIGHTHOUSE
| | | Only 5 minutes boat ride away from the dive center, is a supe place for night dives. The dive starts with the mating of the Mandarin fish. Seahorse, Blue ring octopus and critters can be found here. This is the place we give a money back guarantee. If you are not able to see Mandarin fish or Sea horse you don't pay the dive.
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|  | | | | | CALANGAMAN ISLAND
| | | This picturesque spot is also perfect for snorklers and swimmers. A beautiful wall dive with the great coral growth. Rare longnose hawkfish, nudibranches, and even the odd thresher shark can be found along the wall, amidst the large black corals gardens.
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|  | | | GATO ISLAND
| | | | You reach Gato Island in 40 minutes by boat. This is a good place to dive through a cave and look for sleeping white tip sharks. Seahorses and many different nudibranches are often spotted. One of the best locations in the Visayas sea with an unbelievable verity of underwater live. |
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|  | | | | | DOÑA MARILYN
| | | A typhoon in´82 sank this Ferry. The wreck is 90m long and laying on its starbord side on a sandy bottom. Good varieties of corals, lionfish, scorpionfish, batfish, nudibranches along with occasioal sightings of stingrays. This dive is to 32m and the top on the wreck is around 19m. Nitrox 32% is recommended.
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