Dive Review of Thresher Shark Divers/Cocabana in
Philippines/Malapascua

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Thresher Shark Divers/Cocabana, Jun, 2011, by Martin Roberts, Fordingbridge, GB ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 6108.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Good service from this established dive centre. There is a large scale training operation here including DM & IDC training with many on these courses when we visited. This was a short visit after a liveaboard trip so didn't dive all of the sites available; spent a week here back in 2007 when we did a large variety of day trips then such as Gato & Calanggaman Islands, which provide great variety. Poor sea conditions due to a tropical depression to he East meant sites were restricted but they always managed to get us out diving worthwhile sites. The party piece of Malapascua is the cleaning station at Monad Shoal; dives leave early am for best chances of sightings. 1-2 threshers sited on each of the three days we were hers along with giant Manta. There is also a wide range of other dive sites in the area from reef, wreck to some good muck - personal sightings in 5 dives included several frogrish, many varieties of nudibranch, multiple plurobranch, xenocrab, zebra crab, peacock razorfish, longhorn cowfish, soft coral crabs etc... Thresher Shark Divers offer great service with good bar & restaurant above (Oscar's). They do not have their own accomodations and can therefore tailor accomodation to your needs / budget and do so efficiently. Note this is not a "luxury" destination but a very laid back island.. Highly recomeneded.
Websites	Thresher Shark Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	indonesia - raja ampat, alor, komodo, wakatobi, lembeh, bali; palau, australia - GBR & WA; mozambique, egypt, costa rica, ecuador, south africa, thailand, cuba, belize, grenada, tobago, usa, jordan, tanzania, caymans
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	27-29°C / 81-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-25 M / 33-82 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Generally guided dives, dive within recreation no deco limits, max 60 minute dive time.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Small rinse bucket on dive boats - local style outrigger. Dedicated tank at dive shop.

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Dive Review of Thresher Shark Divers/Cocabana in Philippines/Malapascua

Thresher Shark Divers/Cocabana, Jun, 2011,

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Dive Review of Thresher Shark Divers/Cocabana in
Philippines/Malapascua