MER DE SULU CEBU START 11 J february 25 2025

ITINERARY MER DE SULU CEBU START 11 J
The itinerary and the dive number can be modified by the diving Director acording to the local conditions.
DAY1
The Boarding is 13H.....17H at Cebu Yacht Club , from the airport or from your hotel in Cebu City a guide will drive you to the boat, embarkement, briefing, and presentation of your cabin.

DAY 2
Dive 1: BOHOL Very deep wall (+80m), we'll be looking for schoolfof jacks, school of barracudas or else white tip reef sharks and hammerheads during season..
Dive 2: BOHOL 80m deep wall and much more in the blue. At our bottomwe'll be looking for sharks, and on the wall for extraordinary macro as frog fish, pygmy seahorse, ribbon eels .. etc ....
Dive 3: BOHOL Quite dive along the plateau looking for macro and turtles..

DAY 3
Dive 4: CEBU Dive with Whale sharks..
Dive 5: CEBU Quite dive along the wal looking for macro..
Dive 6: CEBU Drift dive with strong currents. We can find black tip sharks and white tip reef sharks along the reef..
Dive 7: NEGROS .

DAY 4
Dive 8: NEGROS A very colored dive with it's schools of fish animated by strong currents..
Dive 9: NEGROS Drift dive with strong currents where are schools of jacks..
Dive 10: NEGROS taggering coral reef sloping down ending in a wall. Commonly sight leave fish, ghost pipe fish and frog fishes. This site is also know for it's quantity of green turttles..
Dive 11: NEGROS Car wreck..

DAY 5
Dive 12: CAGAYANCILLO ISLANDS it is a strait wall with an overhand in the wall done by sea erosion, totally covered by giant seafans.We can spot barracudas hunting, as well sharks and school of jack fishes.
Dive 13: CAGAYANCILLO ISLANDS Clear water, untouched corals, we'll be looking for hammerhead sharks in the deep water.
Dive 14: CAGAYANCILLO ISLANDS Very deep wall with it's schools of jack fish.

DAY 6
Dive 15: TUBBATAHA Checkdive on a very healthy reef with stairs of giant coral tables. It will be our first interaction with sharks and other reef fish.
Dive 16: TUBBATAHA Drift dive on a wall covered by seafans, we often see hamerhead Sharks. Grey sharks and whitetip Sharks are always in the area. The very nice reef gives refuge to nurse shark. We end the dive on the wreck with Bumphead Parrotfishes . The spot of Wall Street is on a sharp corner in powerful current appreciated by the grey sharks and schools of juvenile sharks. Night dive on Malayan Wreck with the Bumphead Parrot fishes and the turtles
Dive 17: TUBBATAHA extraordinary night dive on Malayan Wreck with bumped parrot fishs, marble ray and pygmy seahorses as well.

DAY 7
Dive 18: TUBBATAHA Extraordinary ambiance on this plateau covered by acropora tables.
Dive 19: TUBBATAHA This corner covered by soft corals is hit by strong currents which are appreciated by grey reef sharks and schools of juvenile sharks.
Dive 20: TUBBATAHA Deep wall (65m) covered by giant seafans where we can find groups of Denise pygmy seahorse.

DAY 8
Dive 21: TUBBATAHA The biggest cleanning station in Tubbataha reefs is a perfect dive site for the divers. It's a drift dive on an healthy plateau where any sighting can happen as silky sharks, schools of grey reef sharks, white tip reef sharks. The most lucky divers will see whale sharks or even the guitar shark.
Dive 22: TUBBATAHA It's a deep wall covered by seafans on hundreads meters. We'll be looking for pymy seahorses.
Dive 23: TUBBATAHA Deep wall (65m) covered by giant seafans where we can find groups of Denise pygmy seahorse.
Dive 24: TUBBATAHA North East corner of the North Atoll where currents are meeting. This drift dive allow the mostluchy divers to see the whale sharks and to pass through schools of jack fish or barracudas.

DAY 9
Dive 25: TUBBATAHA In the blue we'll find school of hammerheads coming from the deep, the dive ends on a magnificient plateau darken by shool of jacks.
Dive 26: TUBBATAHA special dive site with a large crack on the reef. This is a hunting place for all type of predators. We can be surprised by anyof the big predators as tiger sharks or hammerheads... The dive contiinue drifting on a magnificient plateau of corals.
Dive 27: TUBBATAHA To dive to enjoy the huge manta ray cleaning station. This is a long drift dive (hundreads meters) where we can be surprised by anythingas big pelagics, Tiger sharks, hammerheads grey reef sharks, white tip reef sharks and black tip sharks.
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DAY 10
Dive 28: TUBBATAHA To dive to enjoy the huge manta ray cleaning station. This is a long drift dive (hundreads meters) where we can be surprised by anythingas big pelagics, Tiger sharks, hammerheads grey reef sharks, white tip reef sharks and black tip sharks.
Dive 29: TUBBATAHA Strait wall with strong currents, we can observe whale shark passing but as well manta rays, grey reef sharks, hammerheads... The dive ends on the manta cleanning station.
Dive 30: TUBBATAHA a drifting scuba dive above a shinning white sand plateau in contrast with Japanese gardens, the sun lightning the corals give an extraordinary dimension to this dive.
Dive 31: TUBBATAHA Wll of soft corals and seafans where sweet lips and snappers are hidding from reef sharks.

DAY 11
Return to Port of Puerto Princesa, the disembarkation is from 08H.....11H, we will drive you to the airport or to your hotel in Puerto Princesa
The route can undergo modifications according to the weather conditions or the safety conditions . The description of the dives is based on what we were able to observe regularly, but every dive is different

SULU SEA from PALAWAN Pierre Laurent, telephone +639176885182
This liveaboard crosses SULU SEA from Tubbataha atolls to VISAYAS,heading to the East in June, it allocates the Tubbataha Atolls, the Cagayans islands, Negros, Apo island, Dumaguete, then Bohol, and arrival to Cebu.

THE FLIGHTS
Your arrival at Puerto Princesa must be scheduled on early afternoon.
Your return flight from Cebu Mactan airport must be scheduled on early afternoon to respect the desaturation time.

SCHEDULE
Boarding time :Puerto Princesa from 1 pm to 5 pm
Disembarking time:Cebu Yacht Club from 8 am to 11 am
(Cebu Yacht Club Adress: Lapu-Lapu, F. Martir St, Lapu-Lapu City, 6015 Cebu, Philippines)

DEPARTURE TIME
The boat is docked to:Puerto Princesa seaport. You must be on board for the Tubbataha Management briefing at 6 pm . The boat sails at 7 pm .

THE TRANSFERS TO THE BOAT
They are included .
We wil pick you up at Puerto Princesa airport , or at your hotel from 1 pm to 5 pm. (the exact time of your transfer will be sent to you by email one week before departure)
The disembarkement is from 8 to 11 am, we will drive you to the airport or to your hotel.

THE LOCAL FLIGHTS
If you come from Manila, you can reserve on-line local flights on www.cebupacificair.com, www.philippineairlines.com
Don’t forget to ask for an extra bagage weight (up to 30 KG per person)

ARRIVAL AIRPORT
Airport of Puerto Princesa 10 minutes away from the boat.
END AIRPORT
Airport of Cebu Mactan 5 minutes away from the boat.


CRUISE DEPARTURE SCHEDULE
Seadoors sails at 7 pm

ON BOARD
Electricity 220 Volt, international electric plugs, towels are provided

UNDERWATER
Water temperature 28 to 30 degres celsius , Shorty or wetsuit 3 mm

THE CABINS.
There are 8 passenger cabins, all spacious and confortable, with many storage spaces, a desk, many portholes, they are air conditioned, all cabins have a private bathroom and toilets, hot water, the towels are provided. All cabins have two beds lower couple bed and upper single bed.
We acomodate only two persons in each cabin.

THE DELUXE CABINS. N1 N2 (Extra charge 50 Euros per person)
The two deluxe cabins are on the first deck, near the salon, They are the biggest, they allow an access to the bed by both sides.

THE STANDARD CABINS ON THE FIRST DECK. N3 N4
These two cabins are located on the first deck on the front of the boat.

THE STANDARD CABINS ON THE SECOND DECK. N5 N6 N7 N8
These four cabins are located on the second deck, between te dining room on the back and the Wheelhouse on the front.