Oceanic Explorer

The 33 meter Oceanic Explorer is a full service steel hulled dive cruiser with comfortable cabins taking up to 24 passengers. The interior is fully air-conditioned and the saloon includes a well stocked bar and entertainment center with TV, VCR, VCD/DVD and stereo and well as a library of books and magazines. Outside there is a large sundeck for outdoor dinning.

Oceanic Explorer takes a maximum of 24 passengers in 4 Deluxe double/twin cabins on the upper deck and 8 Standard double/twin cabins on the middle deck, all with private bathrooms. There are and additional 7 Lower deck cabins with shared bathrooms.

Oceanic Explorer offers scheduled trips to Tubbataha and may be chartered for other destinations such as Coron and Apo Reef. She has four 8 meter fiberglass chase boats and the dive deck features 4 open rinse showers. Nitrox is available for Nitrox certified divers.

In the center of the Sulu Sea lies the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park. Declared a World Heritage site by the World Conservation Union in 1993, the park is composed of 2 coral atolls separated by an 8 km (5 mile) wide channel. These picturesque tropical atolls, known as North and South Tubbataha, host an amazing variety of reef tropicals, turtles and large pelagics. Manta and Eagle rays, white and black tip reef sharks, nurse, shovelnose, leopard and hammerhead sharks are common. Schools of jacks and snappers congregate on the wall while sleek barracudas patrol. Terrain ranges from gentle slope to sheer walls in excess of 914 meters (3000ft)! The spectacular explosion of life and color make this an experience never to be forgotten.