Question Where to Dive in the Philippines That's NOT Focused on Muck Diving

[living4experiences]

I'm diving at El Galleon in Puerto Galera in March 2025 and would like to continue from there and dive somewhere else in the Philippines that is not a muck-centric location. I don't mind doing a muck dive on occasion, but I don't want to go somewhere that that's the focus of the diving. Any recommendations for locations and resorts? A/C is a requirement.

Thanks!

 

[chillyinCanada]

Having been both north and south, the average vis in Raja Ampat is (at best), 15-20 meters. Tubbatah is usually in 20-30+ meters (during the diving season).

Raja Ampat offers great diving, but it's not known for Palau-like viz.

I've been to Raja Ampat on 4 different trips, north and south.

 

[Dan]

But you did see a few more grey reefies vs. what you would have seen in Raja Ampat, and the vis was definitely better.

Raja Ampat is definitely more diverse, however Tubbataha is a unique place.

I did not see many kinds of big animals in Tubbataha. Yes, there are more close encounters with Whitetip Reef Sharks and Grey Reef Sharks, Hawksbill & Green Turtles, but I saw no Mantas, no Hammerheads, no Whalesharks. I just came at the wrong time of the year perhaps.

As far as visibility, there are about the same. See Table 1 of Tubbataha and that of Raja Ampat, below (V means visibility).