Originally Posted by
QueenEsoterica
I am going to the Manila for two weeks, during which I'll have two free weekends, and was considering taking a weekend to go diving. Would it be worth heading out to one of these sites if I only have basically a day and a half (I could leave Friday evening and would have to be back probably Sunday night, or Monday morning if there's a really early morning flight)? Or should I save the diving for sometime when I could devote a whole week to it?
I was time constrained such that I only did a day of diving in Coron myself, but it certainly was worth it to me. You can fly nonstop from MNL-USU. I used Rocksteady as my dive operator, and would recommend them to you. If you like Japanese wrecks from World War II, the diving is good, although the wrecks don't have their cargo intact like they do, for example, at Truk.
The inconvenience and time required to transfer via ground and boat from CEB to Malapascua after a MNL-CEB flight and vice versa, on the other hand, would seemingly make it an unattractive option for only a weekend trip with one day available for diving.