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Malapascua is a small island at the Northern tip of Cebu Island.It is 2,5km long and 1km wide.White sandy beaches,the probability to see thresher sharks,manta ray and great wreck dives are quickly makeing this a divers hotspot in the Philippines. |
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Getting there:
From Cebu City you can go by taxi or bus, north to Maya which will take 3-4 hours. Then you go 30 minuts by outrigger boat to Malapasqua,Make it easy on yourself and let the Sea Explorers Head Office in Cebu organize the transport for you. |
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| Sunsplash Resort
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Just a few minutes from the Sea Explorers Dive Center you find the new Sunsplash Resort ,Restaurant and Bar There are 11 Deluxe and 2 Super Deluxe rooms,all with a/c,private bath,TV and refrigerator. |
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Hippocampus Beach Resort |
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The new Hippocampus Resort is located right beside Sea Explorers Dive Center. They have 6 Deluxe rooms with a/c and 8 Standard rooms with fan .All have private bath. |
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| Sea Explorers Malapascua |
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SEA EXPLORERS PADI 5* GOLD PALM DIVE CENTER oppened in Dec 1999 on the beautiful white sand of Bounty beach.Rrenovations have just been completeded with a new multimedia classroom and gear storge room. |
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| The dive center is managed by a Swiss/German couple, Sven and Fabienne who are both PADI instructors. Martin, Toto, Ting, Vic, Rex and Totong ,from the Philippines,look after the guiding. And our local PADI Dive Instructor Tata. |
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Two native SEA EXPLORERS boats and a speedboat take the guests to the very beautiful divesites in the area.
MASAYA :Native outrigger boat for safaris, transfers and daytrips.
Capacity: max. 20 divers.
TALISIN 2 :Native outrigger boat for transfers and daytrips.
Capacity: max. 14 divers. |
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SEA EXPLORERS MALAPASCUA offers:
- Thresher sharks,thresher sharks,thresher sharks!!!!Well worth getting up early for.
- 4 local ship wrecks
- Up to 4 dives a day
- PADI courses up to Divemaster
- Independent power supply
- NITROX dive courses and dives
- Good quality, well maintained rental equipment
- Best wreck dive in the Visayas
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Technical information:
- Water temperature: mid 70´s to`low 80´s
- 65,80 and 100 cu ft aluminium tanks
- NITROX to 36%,
- tank valves are international yoke, bring an adapter if you havea din reg
- Maximum depth is 40 meters
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| Dive Sites around Malapascua |
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SHARK POINT
you get up early and take a 20 minute boatride to the sunken island of Monad . The island has a diameter of 1,5km and starts at a depth of 12m then drops off to 45m.Shark Point is where you will see the thresher sharks.Occasionaly hammerheads and manta rays are also spotted. Dive with a longer smile....dive Nitrox! |
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LAPUS LAPUS
A 10 minute boatride takes you to this place in the north western side of Malapascua. There is good rock formation down to 20m with beautiful soft corals, small reef fish,frogfish, lionfish, scopionfish and nudibranch.It makes a perfect dive site for beginners.
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LIGHTHOUSE
Right in front of the main beach and only 5 minutes boatride away from the dive center, is a super place for night dives or an easy arternoon dive. Seahorse, frogfish, scorpionfish, lionfish and critters can be found here. |
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CALANGAMAN ISLAND
This picturesque spot is also perfect for snorklers and swimmers.Rare longnose hawkfish nudibranch, ribbon eel 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. Fishing there is not permitted so uderwater life thrives.This is a good place to swim through a cave and look for sleeping sharks. Seahorses and many different nudibranches are often spotted . |
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DONA MARILYN
A typhoon in´82 sank this cargo ship and sent 6 of its crew members to the grave. The wreck is 90m long and laying on its starbord side on a sandy bottom. Good varieties of corals, lionfish, scorpionfish, batfish, nudibranch along with occasioal sightings of nurse shark, whitetipped reef shark, eagle ray and stingray.This dive is to 32m and because there is so much to see,Nitrox is recomended.
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| These are only some of the most important divesites - there are many more very interesting divespots around Moalboal. Come and see for yourself! |
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