Amos Rock
A wall rich in hard and soft corals and large fish: grouper, snapper, dogtooth tuna, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse, with grey reef and whitetip sharks and barracuda common. At dusk predators hunt here; night dives show nudibranchs, lobsters and pygmy seahorses in the sea fans.
Facts
- Region: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park – Philippines
- Area: North Atoll
- Depth: 5–30 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: wall, reef, night
- Coordinates: 8.9533, 119.8675 (approximate)
- Highlights: grey reef shark, whitetip sharks, barracuda, Napoleon wrasse, dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, pygmy seahorse, nudibranchs
- Permit: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park can only be entered with a TMO permit: the vessel needs a Vessel Entry Permit and every visitor a Visitor Entry Permit, paid before entry. Per the TMO permits page (checked 2026-10-27): Visitor Entry Permit PHP 5,000 per person, divemasters PHP 500, children 12 and under exempt from the conservation fee; vessel permit PHP 5,500 to 11,000 by gross tonnage. In practice the liveaboard applies for the permits and collects the fee on board: Master Liveaboards and Atlantis quote USD 120 per person (fee changes without notice). Guests complete a Visitor Entry Permit form and attend a mandatory TMO briefing in Puerto Princesa before sailing. Drones need a separate permit.
- Issuer / contact: Tubbataha Management Office (TMO), Manalo Extension, Puerto Princesa, Palawan
- Phone: (048) 716-1631; mobile +63 917 553 0909
- Email: tmo@tubbatahareefs.org
- Unverified: Exact dive-site positions are not published by the sources; the coordinates are only the approximate centre of the park (Wikipedia: 8°57′12″N 119°52′3″E).
- Tips: Operators require Advanced Open Water and at least 50 logged dives with current experience; a dive computer is compulsory and dives are limited to 60 minutes. Dive guides call the conditions; hooks and a surface marker are standard. Night dives are mentioned for this site by one source, but Master Liveaboards states there are no night dives in Tubbataha: ask the operator.