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Thresher Shark Divers

6013, Philippines
639276123359
4.5 of 5 stars 60 Reviews
Type: Water Sports
Owner description: PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center, located on Malapascua Island in the Philippines. Offering daily thresher shark dives, mantas, hammerheads, reefs and... more » Owner description: PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center, located on Malapascua Island in the Philippines. Offering daily thresher shark dives, mantas, hammerheads, reefs and wrecks, macro and muck diving, mating mandarin fish, seahorses, frogfish and much more. Small groups with experienced Divemasters and Instructors. TSD offers all the local dives sites, a full range of PADI courses from beginner to Instructor, dive internships and technical diving. British owned and run, professional and safe, with 8 years experience on Malapascua, « less
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Los Angeles, California
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012

The DMs are locals and v. experienced. They're all really good at finding interesting little critters. In eight dives, I saw threshers sharks, many sea horses, three scorpion fish. The staff is nice. Book ahead though to get a nice discount on breakfast. The adjoining restaurant, Oscar's is okay, but there are better-value options elsewhere (like GingGing's).

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Linkoping, Sweden
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2012

The week spent on Malapascua was the best week of my vacation and much thanks to TSD. The dive sites around Malapascua are amazing and the staff and instructors at TSD are just great! Kind, professional and fun :)

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Hilversum, The Netherlands
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012

We spent 5 days on Malapascua Island, and had done all our arrangements with Andrea Agarwal (including accomdation, transportation from Cebu and back, and also the next part of our trip on Palawan), and the organization was efficient and worked without hick-ups. People at the dive shop were extremely helpful and friendly, everything is set up to run very smoothly... More

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hong kong
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2012
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My wife and I go on one trip a year for diving. We chose malapascua and TSD from an article in the diving press. On arrival we found all the staff to be very friendly and we had everything explained thoroughly. As a semi-retired diving instructor (will go back to it one day!) who has worked in Sharm El Sheikh... More

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Alamosa
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2012
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I went to Malapascua and did not know what to expect. It took me a few days to get climatized to the island and the Philippines but the staff were excellent at TSD right off the bat. I went in order to do the Divemaster Program but ended up having to leave early and I intend to return there and... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 April 2012

It's a dive center with attention to details to create a great overall experience. Take the miniature boats they have in the shop. That excellent pre-dive briefing about the procedures on board, made the dives more relaxed. We took a Nitrox course there and the dive master Angus was calm and a great teacher. It felt safe and competent and... More

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2012

The staff at TSD were helpful in choosing different dive options. There were several diving trips leaving each day, including those involved in diver and instructor certification. They run a busy operation but somehow manage to keep all of their equipment serviced in tip-top shape. There were a variety of different dive sites to visit around Malapascua Island; most notably... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 April 2012

I had done a 4 days 3 nights diving with TSD. On the 1st day of arrive at Malapasuca, Me and my friends were greeted beautifully by TSD staff. We enjoy our dives by seeing thresher sharks, White tip sharks, bamboo sharks, micro stuffs such as pymgy seahorses, nunibranches, shrimps and many many more.. The staffs are professional and friendly,... More

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Jefferson, Iowa, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 March 2012
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I am a big fan. I put my reputation on the line and convinced 6 of my fellow Chickendivers to follow a Leyte liveaboard with a trip to Malapascua. Diving with TSD blew all of us away with the tremendous diversity of dive sites and variety of sea life. In 5 days we had plenty of Thresher encounters, 2 blue... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 March 2012 via mobile

My dive trip was an awesome experience! Starting from the transportation arrangement from Cebu airport to malaspascua! I was welcomed by locals whom were most willing to help you with your bags for a small tip (which we were advised in advance) The dive trips , dive masters and the boats used were top notched and I couldn't ask for... More

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