North Atol - Shark Airport - Tubbataha Reef
Shark Airport lives up to its name, attracting a serious congregation of reef sharks, often whitetips and grey reefs. We’ve seen them cruising the sandy bottom and patrolling the reef edge, sometimes in surprisingly large numbers. It’s a pretty easy drift, making it suitable for most certified divers looking for reliable shark encounters in Tubbataha.
- Location
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- 8.925278, 120.009720
Marine Protected Area: Tubbataha Reefs National Marine Park
Nearby Dive Sites in Tubbataha Reef
- Amos Rock - 24m
- C4 (wreck)
- Cagayancillo Islands
- Constancia Reef (reef)
- Crossing
- Cuttlefish Shawl
- DALL Reef (reef)
- Delsan Wreck - 0m (wreck)
- Delsan Wreck - 29m (wreck)
- Finger reef (reef)
- FLY ROBIN - 3m (wreck)
- Helmuth Reef (reef)
- Jessie Beazley North End
- Jessie Beazley Reef (reef)
- Ko-Ok - 24m
Nearest Dive Centres to North Atol - Shark Airport
Marine Life in Tubbataha Reef
Home to 480 recorded species including 412 reef fish, 20 sharks & rays, 18 hard corals, 12 whales & dolphins, 5 other, 4 clams & mussels.
Notable Species
- Long-nosed Parrotfish (Hipposcarus longiceps) - Reef Fish
- Orange-lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) - Reef Fish
- Manini (Acanthurus triostegus) - Reef Fish
- Orange-axil wrasse (Stethojulis bandanensis) - Reef Fish
- Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
- Hound Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus) - Reef Fish
- Banded Blue Sprat (Spratelloides gracilis) - Reef Fish
- Three-spot wrasse (Halichoeres trimaculatus) - Reef Fish
- Blunt Snout Gregory (Stegastes lividus) - Reef Fish
- Honeycomb Grouper (Epinephelus merra) - Reef Fish
- Clouded rainbow fish (Halichoeres nebulosus) - Reef Fish
- Banded Goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Australian Squirrel-fish (Myripristis violacea) - Reef Fish
- Blackspot Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) - Reef Fish
- Argus Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) - Reef Fish
- Batavian Parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) - Reef Fish
- Parrotfish (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Reef Fish
- Blackfish (Melichthys niger) - Reef Fish
- Peppered Squirrelfish (Sargocentron punctatissimum) - Reef Fish
- Blue-lined Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) - Reef Fish