Malapascua Island is located Northeast of the larger Cebu Island in the Philippines. Malapascua is situated in the center of the Coral Triangle, which includes a huge diversity of marine life, including larger sharks and rays, as well as countless nudibranchs, seahorses, pipefish and healthy coral reefs. But the main attraction here is the infamous Thresher Sharks that have tails that can be as long as the body.
Thresher sharks use their long tail as a weapon to stun their prey, typically schooling fish, before turning around to eat the dazed prey. Thresher sharks are one of the few shark species that can leap out of the water, which we witnessed on multiple occasions. We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to dive with these beautiful creatures. Unfortunately, their numbers are in decline and are considered endangered, mostly due to overfishing.
We stayed with Slam's Garden Dive Resort and dove with Ocean Passion dive center, which were both well run organizations. In addition to the Thresher Shark dives, we dove the local sites and around Carnaza Island, which has very healthy coral reefs and marine life.
From Malapascua, we spent a few days in Manila, and after 59 days in the Philippines, it is now time for us to move on. Not only are we leaving the Philippines, but after 321 days, the time has come for us to depart Southeast Asia. Our 🧭 compass points Southeast to Oceana, where we'll start our next adventure in Sydney Australia.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Start Diving
0:54 Thresher Sharks
2:51 Titan Triggerfish
3:05 Carnaza Island
3:11 Sharks
3:23 Octopus
4:04 Cuttlefish
4:11 Clams
4:22 Mantis Shrimp
4:30 Nudibranch
5:01 Pipefish
5:10 Seahorse
5:25 Eels
5:35 Coral
6:04 Beach Time