Philippines Siren Reviews

Stunning Underwater Creatures Everywhere You Looked

It was an excellent trip! So many nudis that I’d never seen. The whaleshark dive at Lila was worth the added fee. The thresher shark dive was amazing. Try to go EARLY in the day before the day trip boats arrive. Serious appreciation for the dive guides ability to spot Shaun the Sheep and pygmy seahorses! Sometimes even with them pointing the nudi out I still wasn’t sure what I was looking at. But the spotter board definitely helped id the creatures. Dive guide dressing up as Santa for the Christmas morning dive was really fun and our group all wore Santa hats for the dive. I’ll be reviewing my photos and videos for a long, long time. The crew was great at helping with gear and hot towels. The food in general was very good (chili chop chop chop and Philippine STEAM RICE #IYKYK), but over 10 days did get a bit repetitive.

Recommended for

Excellent dive guides. Healthy reefs. Thresher sharks.

11 Jan, 2025

Wonderful diving holiday

Very friendly and professional crew that makes your diving holiday just perfect. Always trying to show you the most that can be seen in the divesite. Moreover the boat is very comfortable and nice.

Recommended for

Diving and diveguides. Food and service. Friendliness.

30 Dec, 2024

Hands-down, best liveaboard you could experience.

This has been the best liveaboard I’ve had the pleasure of being on in terms of crew, boat layout, purpose and comfort. The way the crew run the ship is just phenomenal, everything you can think of is available for you as a diver, photographer and more. Highly recommend.

Recommended for

Crew. Facilities. Boat amenities.

24 Dec, 2024

I would definitely dive the Philippines again, but try another charter.

I wish the food had a little bit more variety in how it was prepared. Beef, chicken, fish was always prepared the same. Vegetables were always the same. The dive guides were knowledgeable of finding marine life. Diving in the Philippines was one of the best diving experiences I have ever had.

Recommended for

Staff Service. Cleanliness. Organization.

31 Oct, 2024

Professional teammates

Clean towels Professionally procedure

Recommended for

Crews. Cleanliness. Professional operator.

24 Oct, 2024

Amazing liveaboard

This liveaboard was amazing! Jo (cruise director) and her crew made the trip so memorable by going above and beyond. It was all smiles and any minor issues were handled efficiently and effectively. Jordan was an amazing dive guide and my dive group saw so many frogfish. Breakfast was amazing with made to order eggs. The chef even tried to make hollandaise sauce for eggs benedict. The lunch and dinners were great, and the chilli “chop, chop, chop!” Those that have been on the boat will understand that phrase. For the sake of griping, I’d only suggest that the liveaboard stocks separate shampoo and body soap in the cabin ensuite. I cannot recommend this boat enough. You won’t regret going on this liveaboard.

Recommended for

Crew service. Boat. Food.

29 Jul, 2024

Good, bad, then okay

This was supposed to be a 2 week trip with one week of diving Tubbataha Reef and one week in the Visayas. Our week in Tubbataha was wonderful and the diving was fantastic. On the night we were crossing over to Negros Island, our main engine blew and we had a most unpleasant few days. First we were very close to abandoning ship at one point then we experienced two very long days & nights of being towed. We were eventually transferred to Pura Vida Resort in Dauin and enjoyed staying there and diving with them for the remainder of our trip.

Recommended for

Great service and friendly staff. Great destination. Nice rooms and facilities.

25 Jul, 2024

Excellent crew, made me feel very much at home.

Sadly, a lot of the larger sealife was missing… the crew felt that it was to do with global warming. The water was quite warm actually.

Recommended for

1. The crew, 2 The diving, 3. The food

09 May, 2024

What better way to spend Christmas?

2 Thresher shark encounters at Kimud Shoal. Multiple gisnt frogfish. Relaxed duving from a great dive boat.

Recommended for

The staff team, the fellow guests, some great dives

31 Dec, 2023

Amazing diving in the Philippines!

Mating octopus, lots of nudibranchs, making new dive buddies, seeing healthy coral.

Recommended for

The 3 best things were healthy, abundant coral, excellent dive guides and comfortable cabins.

07 Dec, 2023

Superb

Tresher shark Great guests

Recommended for

The staff, underwater beauty and food

26 Nov, 2023

Good Diving Great Crew

The thresher sharks were great and we did a lot of varied diving including muck diving.

Recommended for

Spacious rooms. Thresher Sharks. Variety of Diving

11 Oct, 2023

Spacious cabins, great diving

Guests from Australia, New Zealand, England, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and US. Crew from Philippines and Netherlands. Good conversations when not diving, and the diving was great. Boat has a strong safety culture, which is refreshing to see.

Recommended for

Whale sharks. Great group of guests. Excellent itinerary

21 Sep, 2023

There’s no place like a Masters Live Onboard

Finally seeing the whale sharks up close after chasing them in the last 5 years I finally had them so close. The sardine run when I unknowingly found myself alone surrounded by a ball of circling sardines.

Recommended for

The amazing crew. The dive locations. The safety of each dive.

01 Jul, 2023

Best dives ever

Every aspects and details of this trip

Recommended for

Friendly crew services, wonderful dive guides, safety

26 Jun, 2023

this boat was not as expected. It should have been in dry dock having repairs. After having on a dive trip on the Indo Siren, we expected the same quality, but this boat was not quality … expecial

The diving – the reefs and critters were exceptional

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The dive sites were incredible. The passenger people we met and dove with were great. Unfortunately, the 3rd thing was being able to leave the boat.

05 Jun, 2023

Disappointed

My no hot water shower, the ceiling leaking on my bed in two locations. The unhelpfulness of the staff to help fix major issues. The door not opening in my room. Running out of food at the buffet and the thing that really bothered me was the fuel surcharge 4 weeks before we were to be on the boat! Disappointed. I loved my prior siren trips but never again.

Recommended for

Fish fish fish

05 May, 2023

excellent

Coral

Recommended for

Crew , experience , dive guide

05 May, 2023

great diving and nice crew

I enjoyed this trip, saw some unique marine life. One thing I found intolerable was that when lining up for your buffet style meals, certain foods would run out when you were at the end of the line. I could ask, wait and ultimately get the meal I wanted but I found this bizarre and embarrassing, it did happen numerous times. Never had this happen on another liveaboard.

Recommended for

whale sharks, thresher sharks, frog fishes

15 Nov, 2022

What a wonderful tubbataha!!!

I think tubbataha is no.1 diving point.

Recommended for

Crew’s good service, good diving guide, best diving point

08 Aug, 2022

Highly recommended

Dives

Recommended for

Crew, dives atmosphere

07 Aug, 2022

Best Liveaboard

Exceptional diving, nice crew and boat cabins space. Great liveaboard to dive the Visayas

Recommended for

Crew, Food,Diving

05 Aug, 2022

Hard working and well coordinated crew made this trip exceptional.

Social atmosphere.

Recommended for

Guests, crew, schedule

05 Aug, 2022

Great crew & gorgeous diving

The diving was incredible at Tubbataha! Every dive the coral was gorgeous, huge schools of fish, sharks, and turtles. The crew was insanely attentive and kind. Definitely will go on another liveaboard soon!

Recommended for

Diving, Crew, & Customer Service

05 Aug, 2022

Incredible

Tubbataha Reefs and Walls. Never seen anything that compares

Recommended for

# 1 Dive Master in Charge of Expedition; # 2 Fellow diver; Philippino Staff

05 Aug, 2022

Happy surprise, endless healthy coral gardens!

The crew director, Chrissie, biggest highlight by far, the crew, the boat and cabin comfort.

Recommended for

Crew Director, Boat and cabins, coral gardens.

06 Feb, 2020

Memorable

Thresher Sharks

Recommended for

Food. Boat. Crew

07 Dec, 2019

Awesome

1. Whale sharks at Oslob 2. Beautiful coral gardens 3. A nice vibe from the crew and fellow passengers

Recommended for

1. Professionalism of the whole operation, safety, logistics, briefings, dives; 2. Very nice boat, accommodation nice, relaxing areas, 3. All staff and crew very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable

14 Oct, 2019

wonderful

whale shacks , school of sardines, frogfishes.

Recommended for

cruise director , dives sites , crew service

23 Sep, 2019

Relaxed, professional diving on a comfortable boat.

Multiple Thresher sharks at Malapusca after none on a previous trip. Continuous interactions with whale sharks at Oslob. Apo island reefs.

Recommended for

Excellent interactions with other guests. Very stable, comfortable boat. Good weather conditions.

11 Sep, 2019

Gesamt gesehen ein wunderbarer Urlaub. Die geliehene Ausrüstung könnte besser sein.

Crew Friendliness. Everyone was smiling at any time.

Recommended for

Staff, Food Diving

03 Apr, 2019

Awesome

Technicolor diving, crew, whale sharks

Recommended for

Over the top service from the crew, dive sites/itinerary, and price

12 Sep, 2018

Best luveaboard ever!!!

Saw so many things I’ve never seen before. I was we rested and never rushed, but still went on so many dives. The best of both worlds really, diving & chillaxing:)

Recommended for

Ed & Shu the cruise directors made it so amazing, crew were super friendly, and all the amazing dives!

07 Dec, 2017