The Southern Visayas - July 2022

This 6 night, 7 night or 10 night liveaboard adventure takes you to the Southern Visayas region, which boasts some of the best diving in the Philippines. There is a huge diversity of marine life, muck diving hotspots, gentle sloping reefs and steep coral covered walls. During this trip you will visit and dive the islands of Cabilao, Cebu, Balicasag and Pescador; along with Apo Island marine sanctuary and macro hot spot Dauin. This itinerary not only offers amazing macro opportunities and the chance to see big schools of fish, but also the possibility of some larger pelagic encounters. Thresher sharks come in to Pescador Island to feed on schools of sardines and whale sharks can be seen year round at Oslob. Underwater the topography of dive sites varies from shallow sandy fringing reefs to steep walls dotted with seafans and sponges, whilst a couple of small plane wrecks and cars have formed artificial reefs. Marine life is diverse however common sightings include green and hawksbill turtles and schools of barracuda and jacks, whilst redtooth trigger fish, pyramid butterfly fish and blue lined fusileers are seen on almost each dive in huge numbers. Smaller creatures such as frogfish, ghost pipefish, octopus and pygmy seahorses are found at several of the dive sites and of course a wide range of nudibranchs, shrimps and crabs can be found on each reef. More information: https://masterliveaboards.com/philippines/southern-visayas-7-nights/ Credit to Luke Coley, a talented photographer and videographer @lukecoley7191 - more information: https://www.instagram.com/lukecoley/