Diving Philippines in May

[LanceRiley]

Philippines doesn't have 4 seasons.

Just Wet and Dry.

Basically Rain or Sun..

hi hawkenph. im from cebu too

[Haiawata]

Thanks everybody! Looks like May might work. Can you advise me on the sites and places to go, Cebu, Puerto Galera, anything else? I now that this thread was moved to a local server but hope that people still get my messages.

Cheers,

[Haiawata]

Hi all,

So, May might work. Any suggestions on sites and places to go? Cebu, Puerto Galera, something else?

Cheers,

[matt_reed]

For 8 years May has consistent been my favorite month to live and dive in the Philippines. No rain as a rule, flat seas, better viz, and about average sightings of larger marine life.

If you ask me the best month to visit - May.

Enjoy your trip and you'll probably find flying into Cebu your best bet for multiple destinations around the Visayas - Moalboal, Malapascua, Bohol, Dauin/Apo....if you're just doing one location then Manila works well to for PG, Anilao or Subic...

What are you looking for in terms of destination?

[Haiawata]

In choosing destinations, I am mostly looking into a place providing good and reliable diving with as mush of diversity as possible. I'd rather travel around than stay in one place, but if the place offers a diversity in dive sites I can seat there, no problems. Having something to do in after-dive time would be nice too, so a place with a steady diving and some night life is a pick.

[matt_reed]

Well, the Visayas certainly sounds like your kind of place!

Lets just say, arrive in Cebu, 3hrs transit to....
Malapascua - sharks(thresher, whitetip, bamboo), devil rays, giant mantas. Had an awesome day yesterday with sightings of threshers, devils and mantas all in one go. Giant manta up close and personal with only 3 divers. Fantastic!
Malapascua also has a couple of wrecks, and above average macro - stargazers, ghost pipefish, coconut octopus, frogfish, nudis, nudis, and nudis.
Nightlife can be 'slow' depending on who's on the island; but that's why we opened The Craic House :-)

leave Malapascua and travel to Moalboal, 6hrs, leave early and arrive in time for pm dives. huge schools of sardines, whale sharks, sometimes threshers, great walls and corals at Pescador Island.
Nightlife again can be slow, but there's always somewhere to have a beer.

Leave early again and transit to Dauin, 3hrs later, on the beach for pm dives. Dauin is the ruler in crazy critters, you will see macro life here beyond anything you can imagine! And there's Apo island with amazing hard corals and the sanctuary, schooling jacks at Cogon, and big trevally's and more schools of fish on Coconut point.
Nightlife good if you go to the city(15mins) for some live music and bars. Or just hang out with the folks at your choice of resort. If you go to Atmosphere you'll be sure to find Simon at the bar - right Emma?

Hope that helps.

Matt.

[Haiawata]

Thanks, Matt,

this destination sounds fantastic! I assume there are easy transfers to all those islands and reasonable accommodations to stay for a couple days here and there. For comparison: if I fly to Manila and go for PG, Anilao or Subic as you mentioned, what to expect there?