This picturesque ecosystem – both above and below the water – comprises scores of small bays and islands off the far northwestern tip of New Guinea. Diving the Eastern Fields provides the chance to see numerous pelagics, including plenty of sharks, as well as gardens of enormous sea fans. The Ribbon Reefs, in particular Cod Hole, are renowned, while Osprey Reef and the Eastern Fields are remote, pristine attractions for liveaboards. Known as one of the great natural wonders of the world, the planet’s longest reef still has what it takes to excite – though to see it at its best, head for the northern areas of the Coral Sea. You never know what you’re going to see here, from whale sharks to marlins, turtles to dolphins plus there are more than 600 species of fish living among the 360 different species of coral that colonise the reef. Water clarity is superb because it’s 150 kilometres away from the nearest large island and surrounded by deep water – the only way to get there is on a liveaboard boat. It has been named a Unesco World Heritage site for its relatively untouched underwater landscape. The Philippines’ premier dive destination is a set of submarine pinnacles and atolls in the middle of the Sulu Sea between Palawan and Mindanao.
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