Cebu, Philippines
Malapascua
Dawn dives with thresher sharks, then nothing else to do at all.
$–$$$moderate accessmoderate adventureBest: Nov–MayShoestring → Comfort
Why go
Why this island
A two-kilometre island off northern Cebu, with the only reliable thresher shark dive site in the world.
- Thresher sharks at Monad Shoal, most mornings, before sunrise.
- Small, walkable, cheap.
- Easy to combine with Bantayan and northern Cebu.
At a glance
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Cebu
- Best season
- Nov–May
- Access
- moderate
- Known for
- Thresher sharks, Wreck diving, White beach