malapascua DIVE SITES

Malapascua Island is just off the north tip of Cebu. About 2km by 0.5km, you can walk around it in 1-2 hours. It has a population of around 3000, most of whom live off tourism or fishing.

The name Malapascua means "Bad Christmas", so named by the Spanish who first landed here one stormy Christmas Day in the 1500's. Today, Malapascua is a beautiful, sleepy island, as yet unspoiled by tourism. As you approach by boat you will see the clear blue waters, the white sandy beaches, the lush green palm trees, and your worries will quickly fall away.

There are no cars on the island and most buildings are only one floor high. The locals are friendly and like to say hello and chat. They may even invite you to their homes for dinner, or at least to sit down, join them singing songs and playing guitar, and toast each other with a rum and coke.

Malapascua Island has something for all divers, so come and dive the best kept secret of the Philippines - indeed of South East Asia. The Philippines is the new Thailand, but with much better diving and without the crowds! So make your next scuba diving trip to Malapascua!

Malapascua diving offers: the only daily thresher shark sightings in the world, whitetip sharks, mantas & hammerheads, wrecks, mandarin fish, countless nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, beautiful unspoiled coral gardens and a huge diversity of marine life.