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Malapascua Monad Shoal Thresher
Logon, Cebu, Philippines
Max depth18 m–30 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyVisayan Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–May
About this site
Malapascua Monad Shoal Thresher is a pinnacle dive site near Logon, Cebu, Philippines, in the Visayan Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 30 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, cuttlefish, thresher sharks, reef sharks, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Banded UrchinEchinothrix calamaris
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensis
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Azure Sea StarLinckia laevigata
Pelagic ThresherAlopias pelagicus
Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
FlowerfishPearsonothuria graeffei
MandarinfishSynchiropus splendidus
Nearby sites
- 1Deep Slope2.5 km
- 2Secret Wall2.6 km
- 3Bantigi2.7 km
- 4Ka-Osting / Bantigue2.8 km
- 5Quiliano3.0 km
- 6Coral Garden Marine Protected Area3.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org