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Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is a remote marine area in the Sulu Sea, encompassing atolls, reefs and open water. Visitors travel on authorized liveaboard boats for a planned diving trip that depends on sea conditions.

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
Photo by Ron Van Oers Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
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What makes it special

  • Dive along atoll walls and in lagoons.
  • Observe corals and marine life without touching or removing anything.
  • Explore Jessie Beazley Reef and protected open water.
Reef fish above coral on an underwater wall in Tubbataha.
Photo by Catherine Kim (University of Queensland) Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY 4.0
Reusable dive equipment prepared on a boat deck.
Photo by Ron Van Oers Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
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Reef fish above coral on an underwater wall in Tubbataha.

Planning an authorised liveaboard dive trip to Tubbataha Reefs

This remote marine park is visited from a liveaboard boat. The key decision is not just certification: you also need to accept a limited season, strict rules and several days without setting foot on land.

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Profile updated: 25/09/2026