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Technical diving in the Philippines: 39 dive centres on TecDiveTools, with agencies, courses taught and a summary of what students say. 2 publish course prices.
No dive centres here offer Semi-Closed Rebreather, so that filter was removed.
TecDiveTools lists 39 dive centres teaching technical diving in the Philippines. 2 of them publish course prices, in the currency the shop advertises and with the date each was checked — not converted, and not estimated.
Listings are ordered by how much evidence exists about their technical diving, not by a star rating, with any paid Featured listing shown first and marked as such (how rankings work). 24 of these 39 carry reviews we have read and classified as being about technical or overhead training. The count excludes recreational certifications by name, so a busy resort does not outrank a one-instructor cave operation on the volume of its reef trips. Separately, 12 have at least one instructor whose reviews we have read and summarised — a dive centre carries no synthesis of its own. How we read and count reviews.
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TecDiveTools lists 39 dive centres teaching technical diving in the Philippines: Coron (7), Cebu (6), Moalboal (6), Subic Bay (4), Dauin (3) and Malapascua (3), and 6 more regions. The directory is not a census — it lists the centres we have been able to verify, and grows as more are added.
The Philippines combines some of Asia's most accessible wreck diving with remarkably diverse reefs. Coron holds the fleet of Japanese ships sunk in a single air raid in September 1944, and its deepest, the Irako, lies entirely below 28 m with its keel at about 43 m — a decompression wreck with large holds and an engine room to penetrate. Around them are world-class reefs and marine life — Anilao's macro, Malapascua's thresher sharks, Moalboal's walls — with short travel distances and warm water.
TDI (32), PADI TecRec (8), GUE (3), IANTD (3), ANDI (1) and RAID (1), counted by how many of the 39 dive centres listed in the Philippines teach each. 17 teach more than one agency. The agency sets the standards and issues the card; the centre sets the price and schedule. Recreational training (SDI, PADI and SSI) is taught too and is not counted here.
Published whole-course prices at dive centres in the Philippines, by training tier — Advanced Nitrox / Decompression Procedures: roughly US$450 to US$800 (2 centres, converted from local prices); Technical DPV (open water): roughly US$360 to US$600 (2 centres, converted from local prices); Technical Sidemount: roughly US$410 to US$1,000 (2 centres, converted from local prices); Intro to Tech / Essentials: roughly US$410 to US$600 (2 centres, converted from local prices); Advanced Nitrox: roughly US$450 to US$600 (2 centres, converted from local prices). Each figure is a centre's own published price; they differ mainly in what they include (gas, equipment, dives), so compare inclusions before numbers. Every course page lists the individual prices.
Yes — 2 of the 39 dive centres listed in the Philippines teach cave or cavern courses. Most often: TDI Cavern (2), TDI DPV Cave (1), TDI Full Cave (1) and TDI Intro to Cave (1).
Yes — 7 of the 39 dive centres listed in the Philippines teach rebreather courses. Most often: TDI Air Diluent CCR Decompression Procedures (7), TDI Air Diluent CCR (6), TDI Helitrox CCR (4) and TDI Helitrox CCR Decompression Procedures (4). 5 list the rebreather units they support, which matters because CCR training is unit-specific.
Diving runs all year, but the typhoon season (roughly June to November) can cancel boat days, especially in the north and around Coron. For most regions the calmest months are roughly December to May.
Around 26–30°C most of the year; a 3 mm wetsuit is usual, with more insulation for long decompression. Thermoclines around Anilao and Malapascua can feel noticeably cooler at depth.
