Tubbataha Reefs National Park

After more than a year of planning, another dive from my bucket list has been completed: Tubbataha!

Growing up in the Phillipines, I always knew about my country's rich natural resources especially its oceans. Alas, due to corruption and greed, many of them have been destroyed or abused.

I am so thrilled to learn that the Phillipine government preserved Tubbataha and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site teeming with healthy coral, schools of fish, and deep walls.

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The gang all met up in Puerto Princesa and boarded the Phillipines Aggressor for a six day adventure diving the various sites that Tubbataha has to offer and boy did it not disappoint!

Here we are with our DM, Juffrey and the resident photographer, Marlon aka Z.

Here's us getting ready to roll off the skiff.

One of the first things that I noticed were the size of the fish as well as the healthy corals.

All sites also had deep walls. As our dive briefings always stated (and we all memorized by the third day), "the site topography consists of a sandy slope leading to a deep wall." 😊

Our second dive off the Malayan Wreck site marked my buddie's 300th dive! Congratulations Linda Elliott!

All in all, we were a gang of very happy divers!

Check out my pics of the wonderful world of Tubbataha!