Tubbataha North Atoll - Tubbataha Reef
The North Atoll at Tubbataha is where we always head for that quintessential Tubbataha feeling. Drop in and you’re immediately enveloped by the sheer scale of the place. We love drifting along the walls here, where the coral formations are just mind-bogglingly intricate, all those different hard corals creating their own little cities. You'll see schools of big-eye trevally so dense they momentarily block out the sun, and often we’ve had silvertips cruising by, just checking us out. Keep an eye out in the blue for the larger pelagics; it’s not uncommon to spot a tiger shark casually patrolling or a manta ray gliding past. This site is fantastic for experienced divers who appreciate current and big animal action. It's a proper wild reef experience, the kind that reminds you why you got into diving in the first place.
- Location
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- 8.880000, 119.920000
- Type
- reef
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 Tubbataha North Atoll
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