Southern Leyte & Malapascua Philippines Scuba Diving Liveaboard

• Return transfers between Cebu Airport or your Mactan or Cebu City hotel and the boat on embarkation and disembarkation days
• 10 nights full board accommodation (based on double occupancy)
• Tea, coffee, fruit juice and soft drinks
• Up to 4 dives per day
• 11 litre (80 cuft) cylinder with air fills
• Weights, weight belt and surface marker buoy (SMB)

Example only. Route and dive sites depend on weather, tides, currents and the captain's decision.

Day 1: Embark at 13:00 at Marina Seaview Restaurant, Mactan Island. Lunch, safety and orientation briefings, then dinner. No diving on embarkation day.
Days 2 to 9: Up to 4 dives a day (3 day dives plus a sunset or night dive) across Southern Leyte and Sogod Bay, Limasawa, Balicasag, Bohol, Cabilao and Malapascua. A typical day runs light breakfast and briefing, dive 1, full breakfast, dive 2, lunch, dive 3, snacks, briefing and dive 4, then dinner.
Day 10: Usually 2 morning dives, then cruise back to Mactan marina.
Day 11: Breakfast on board and disembark between 09:30 and 10:00, with transfer to Cebu Airport or your hotel.

• AIDA
• Apnea Academy
• Apnea Total
• CMAS
• FII
• Molchanovs
• PADI
• PFI
• RAID
• SDI
• NAUI
• SSI
• ADIP

• English;
• Tagalog

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Marina Seaview Restaurant or designated hoel

Requirements

• Minimum certification: Open Water Diver (or equivalent) with at least 25 logged dives. This is mandatory.
• Advanced Open Water is recommended, with experience in medium to strong currents. It can usually be completed on board if requested and confirmed in advance, with PADI e-learning finished beforehand.
• Send a scan of your certification after booking. Without it, the Balicasag Island permit may not be issued and the whole boat could be refused dives there.
• Travel and dive insurance are mandatory, covering diving, accidents and emergency evacuation.
• A dive computer is compulsory on all dives.
• Gloves, reef hooks and pointers are prohibited at some sites. Strobes and flashlights are not allowed where thresher sharks or whale sharks are present.
• Briefings are in English.
• Leave 24 hours between your last dive and any flight on disembarkation day.
• Rebreather divers cannot be supported on this vessel.

Mandatory fees (paid on board only)

• Marine Park and Port Fees: USD 175 per person. Set by the authorities and subject to change without notice.
• Fuel surcharge: payable on top, amount not published.
• Airport terminal fees apply when you depart, paid in cash in Philippine pesos at the airport where not already in your ticket.
• Card payments on board (Visa or Mastercard) carry a 3.5% surcharge.

Optional extras (10 nights, USD)

• Full equipment set (BCD, regulators, 3mm shorty wetsuit, mask, fins, boots): 360. Computer and torch are not included.
• BCD 135, regulators 135, wetsuit 90, dive computer 90, torch 63, fins 45, mask 45, boots 45
• 13 litre (100 cuft) cylinder upgrade: 54
• Nitrox: 180 for the trip
• Wi-Fi: 40 for 10 nights
• Beer 2.50 per can, spirits 6 per shot, cocktails 8, wine from 30 per bottle
• Laundry 1 per item, massage 45 per hour
• PADI Advanced Open Water 250, PADI Enriched Air Nitrox 100, PADI Deep Diver 200 (study materials and registration extra)
• Gratuities in cash only; the partner suggests 5 to 10% of the trip cost

Life happens, so we keep cancellations simple. Enjoy free cancellation for 14 days from the time of booking, or find an equally qualified replacement up to 30 days before your departure.