Diving With Thresher Sharks In The Philippines (they got too close!)

There are no words to describe being in open water with predators appearing from the deep around you. This is the only place in the world that you can dive with Thresher Sharks and almost guarantee a siting.
This unique experience was a once in a lifetime and something that should be on everyones bucket list!
Episode 75 | Malapascua Island, Philippines
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🎥 Filmed January, 2023
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Hi 👋 we're Max and Jacqui, we left Australia to travel full-time in July 2022 but before that, we spent almost 2 years making sure we could work online and securing our finances so that we could feel confident about our future whilst making the most of the present.
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[@MaxandJacqueline]

Would you go in the water knowing there are at least 10-15 sharks? Let us know if you've added this incredible experience to your bucket list! 🦈🤿

[@JABM-AU]

It will all depends on the type of shark. You can throw in 100 Thresher sharks in an aquarium I'd gladly join them. Tiger sharks? bull sharks? and great white? Not for a million dollars.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

@@JABM-AU I'm with you on that one. I'd still feel a little uncomfortable with a 100 Tresher in a tiny space 😕 🙃

[@gericornista8133]

To be fair it's not very scary but a sight to behold too!!

[@ronnelacido1711]

I'd gladly jump into the water to join even the most aggressive sharks 🦈rather than be with a single LOAN shark. 😁😁

[@ronnienestor]

I would be scared.

[@Stormvue]

A lot of marine biologists haven’t seen thresher sharks in real life and it’s not for the lack of trying. I’m happy you guys get to see them

[@MaxandJacqueline]

OOh wow! We didnt know that. Makes us feel even luckier then! Thank you for your comment 🤩💙

[@chabee4512]

i'm just happy that alot of foreign vloggers are visiting here, let them experience the love, warmth from the people, along with the beautiful sites to see, not to mention alot of local food to taste as well...this was calming and refreshing 😊🏝️✨

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you! 😃 you’re very kind 💛

[@panzerrule9484]

Cebu looks like paradise...

[@MaxandJacqueline]

It's not a bad place to go I'd admit

[@JABM-AU]

That was amazing! thanks for the virtual experience. 😮👍

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Ha!! Well it is our pleasure Im so glad you enjoyed it!

[@budolbes1317]

Awesome content! So happy to watch you guys watching the Tresher shark👍

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you!! It was an amazing experience and we’re so glad we could share it

[@KuyaToby]

Kabayan pls support this channel.No skip ads.let them explore our beautiful country.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Awww thanks Toby

[@enne1093]

Thank you for visiting our beautiful people and country the "philippines"!!!more fun in the philippines ..

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Of course!!! We absolutely love the Philippines and it’s people 💛

[@drewhilario1318]

I need to go there! So many reasons to visit the Visayas region.. 🏊‍♂️ 🦈 🇵🇭

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Ah I'm sure there are a lots of reason why you SHOULD go there. These sharks were majestic 😍 I hope you liked the video Whilario

[@herchickenlegs4]

Thank you for sharing your video guys really enjoyed watching the beautiful different islands in the Philippines, it's amazing 😍

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Glad you enjoyed it thanks so much for tuning in 🙏

[@margaritasun7908]

Nice ..... its plain and cool vlogging !!! No exageration coz the cam tells it all, beautiful site. Not chaotic tourist destination.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you so much such a good thing to hear feedback (of any kinds.. good or bad 😅) We are so appreciative of your comment Margarita Sun 💙

[@gericornista8133]

I would say that's the most beautiful shark ever! Very graceful & that flamboyant tail is just mesmerizing indeed! A must do for sure!!

[@MaxandJacqueline]

We couldn't have said it better 👏 🤩 thank you very much for your comment I hope you liked the video 😁

[@gettingoffthecouchnow]

I will be doing this dive this January. Great video

[@MaxandJacqueline]

You’re gonna love it! Thanks so much for tuning in and we hope it’s got you hyped!

[@cookiemurph8532]

Sheeesh! That is the cutest shark ever! it looks adorable🥰not like the other sharks😁😅

[@MaxandJacqueline]

There are so odd looking right?? Very unique sharks. Obviously apart from that long fin their eyes are also very different from any other sharks

[@ekstensivelightssounds9560]

What a nice Experience Malapascua Island

[@MaxandJacqueline]

It was amazing! We couldn’t recommend it more!

[@shanikacariman2871]

Epic awesomeness ❤

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you so much Shanika ❤

[@gman3630]

Wow! What Beautiful creature .😲

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Stunning creatures indeed. Very tranquille looking animals. Incredible dive 😍

[@MadiskartingbNanay]

Welcome un the Philippines and enjoy🌹

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@marjunmarcelocristobal2678]

This is one Cool Philippine Adventure!! My country SURPRISES me , even up to this day!!.. and it's pretty ironic that am seeing the GRANDEUR of the PHILIPPINES from a Foreign Bloggers Perspective!! ..Stupid me!!

[@MaxandJacqueline]

A lot of people forget about travelling their own country and dream of foreign destinations instead 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m sure one day you will get to see more of your beautiful country 💛

[@thoapfan6077]

beautiful experience diving with sharks

[@MaxandJacqueline]

It was magical! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!

[@michellea.991]

This made me miss Cebu even more!! 💗

[@MaxandJacqueline]

AAh Mich, you never too far! You can take the baby there when she grows up!

[@michellea.991]

@Max and Jacqueline Hopefully soon so she can see the beautiful sceneries and the sharks haha 🙏🦈

[@thegallivanthropologists]

Awesome. Love shark dives and those fins are awesome and add more grace to the footage. However, 4 am is a little early, even for us. Hope you are enjoying your trip and like our new channel name. - Bear

[@MaxandJacqueline]

The shark experience was incredible definitely in our top 3 dive experiences! Love the new name ❤️

[@thegallivanthropologists]

@@MaxandJacqueline Thanks guys!

[@david-xv8fe]

well done. excellent

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@stellaolivesucalit4948]

You are so lucky to swim with thresher sharks! I live in Cebu but visited Malapascua only once. Missing it already.....Love your video, cool vibes and carefree🤗. New sub here.....keep vlogging!

[@MaxandJacqueline]

We feel so grateful for the experience. Thanks so much for feedback and support it means so much to us 🥰

[@ahvicremulla544]

Is kalanggaman island near malapascua its a beautiful island you shld see kalanggaman island

[@MaxandJacqueline]

I'll look at it thanks for the tips! I hope you liked the video!

[@jjhenstic2394]

I love ur video.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Well thank you very much!! Im so glad you loved it. Thank you so much! 🤩

[@planning-A1945]

Thumbs up 👍🥰❤️ nice view 👏

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thanks for liking! Glad you enjoyed the video 💛

[@bighand1530]

12,604 views as of now.

[@rosauroangeles9119]

highly recommended Boracay and palawan.island.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

🙏 thank you!

[@carmelitajacinto2896]

wow 😮

[@MaxandJacqueline]

I know right!! Crazy and amazing at the same time! Are you a diver yourself?

[@carmelitajacinto2896]

@@MaxandJacqueline no im not😊

[@vienjericohmanlangit9522]

Why so many foureghners tourist & bloggers in the Philippines this season..😳

[@MaxandJacqueline]

The price you pay for having a beautiful country

[@collegeboiuw]

Absolutely brilliant! This is on my list as well. How much does a 2 dive excursion cost?

[@MaxandJacqueline]

So worth it! I believe it was 1800 peso for two dives when we went. Highly recommend Daves as it is locally owned!

[@coolsamawe]

World most cute shark 😍

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Right 😍 even though technically they could be dangerous, we just didn’t feel scared because they’re so dang adorable!

[@heaven4Now26]

Nice 🏆

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thanks ✌

[@francesmcdonald8145]

My advice to the people who would like to walk around any island keep bring beach shoes

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Yeah its a good thing I agree. Thanks for the tips 🤩

[@user-ch8lz5mx9o]

Wow swimming with sharks enjoy malapascua island nice island god bless stay safe it's more fun in the Philippines

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you 🤗 the sharks were incredible and we love the Philippines

[@user-ch8lz5mx9o]

@@MaxandJacqueline thanks to promote my country enjoy your travel always watch your vlog god bless stay safe

[@HongKong.Shenzhen.]

cool

[@bighand1530]

Yeah

[@zsuzsannaivan5841]

hello guys, great stuff, thx for sharing. how deep is the dive? got some issues with my ears. thx!

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Hey Suzanna, the dive isnt too deep no more than 20 - 25m our ears we fine as long as you go down as slowly as you need to go everything should be fine. Hope you have an amazing and safe dive

[@josedurin1125]

Shark with long tail? Wow

[@MaxandJacqueline]

It was pretty spectacular to see in the water

[@archiecamilon4102]

Philippines is a truly magical paradise

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Oh yes it sure is. Where are you from Archie??

[@archiecamilon4102]

@@MaxandJacqueline ,Quezon City,PH🇵🇭,But my hometown is Leyte.Where Dwaine Wooley lives,a famous Australian KZbinr.

[@bighand1530]

@@archiecamilon4102 Been a while since I have been to the Philippines

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 My best wishes r with u.......for ur going again to this gorgeous country.❤❤❤

[@liamgekzua477]

new subs here

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thanks for subbing Liam. So glad that you liked the video 😁 🙏

[@kimchiboitv1641]

I am a Filipino yet I haven't visited it. I hope that I can go and visit there in nearest future and do some boat riding and scuba diving.😍❤️

[@MaxandJacqueline]

I Hope you can too it was amazing 🙏

[@kimchiboitv1641]

Yes I will, with my fam and buddies in future, I hope they will like it too.😍

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Let us know if you go diving with the Thresher Sharks when you do! I’m sure they will love it how can you not 😍

[@kimchiboitv1641]

@@MaxandJacqueline I definitely will!🤩

[@Dennis2020i]

Nice Whip Tail Shark, Indiana Jones Species of Sharks.. Joke 😁😁👍😉😎✌.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Good one! 👍 😅

[@csreyesccm]

I'm jealous as hell 😩 Btw, did you guy's used your GoPro with an additional clear housing for additional protection? I'm a bit afraid to use mine without it. We typically go to the Florida coast on the Gulf side and at a depth of around 110 feet (about 33.5 m). Definitely ours is not as exciting as the PI.

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Hey Reyes, yeah we use a dive case. I think the deepest recommended is 12m. Are you saying that you don't use a case when you dive that deep?? We also saw at the shops yesterday that there are lenses for the loss of colours built for Gopro

[@csreyesccm]

@@MaxandJacqueline Yeah, I use my GoPro case with a detachable red lens.

[@csreyesccm]

@@MaxandJacqueline yeah, my wife and I will be calling it quit working in 2 years. Since I am originally from the Philippines and my wife is from Austria, we will just travel back and forth between the two countries every 6 months. Btw, my name is Alex 👍🙂

[@travellingvloggerfan12]

No fear? Why do they just circle around around? Do they pick who they're gonna bite? Nah, seriously, what do they feed on? That was great footage!!!

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Choosing who looks juiciest! They seemed really calm actually which made us feel very calm as well. They just eat fish and squid like any other shark. Apparently there are no reported attacks from Thresher Sharks on humans, but that might also be because they usually live very deep, this is a very special spot

[@travellingvloggerfan12]

@Max and Jacqueline Awesome....and you endured a long travel day, missed a ferry, and made it to that special spot. ✔️ off the 🪣 list 🇨🇵 🛫🛬🇵🇭 🏞🦈

[@jochensommer308]

At this Time they are 30 Dive Shops on Malapascua, terrible! So many Boats and divers not good for Monad Shoal and the Animals...

[@MaxandJacqueline]

We agree there are too many boats in the one spot. We also saw some poor behaviour from other divers too. It would be great if they limited the number of visitors allowed each day

[@jochensommer308]

@@MaxandJacqueline It is a good Idea, but not possible in the Phillis...

[@MaxandJacqueline]

@@jochensommer308 hopefully one day before it’s too late and sharks stop coming🤞

[@rannarann9316]

I wander if there are trashes in the underwater of malapascua

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Unfortunately the ocean is littered with trash. Although we didn’t spot any on our dive, there was a lot washed up on the beaches of Malapascua. It’s very sad to see

[@bigdreamsphilippines]

Great video ! I want to try this when I get back to the Philippines 🇵🇭 in January. Can you advise what the cost is ? Thx 🙏 I started a channel Big Dreams Philippines 🇵🇭 I would love to document for my channel. You guys did such a wonderful job awesome 👏

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Highly recommend it was an amazing experience. I can’t remember exactly the price but I believe it was around 2000 pesos for two dives (give or take a little😅)

[@bigdreamsphilippines]

@@MaxandJacqueline seems totally worth it. I’ll be back soon. I will definitely go see these amazing creatures! I’m so glad I found your channel ! I look forward to more great content ! Thank you 🙏

[@edgarenova7996]

🥰🥰🇵🇭

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you Edgar. Hope you liked the video 😁 🤩

[@youredxspanktube]

I miss home

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Where do you live now??

[@danharveymiras7410]

Just re-watching 🍿 I watched on tv, and could not post a comment

[@danharveymiras7410]

00:11 shark: what the… is that a camera 😳

[@danharveymiras7410]

01:54 if your video editing software has equalizer filter/effect, you can adjust the noise in the background The concept is to pinpoint the frequency of the nice, decrease the volume of that frequency This will up your voice versus the background noise

[@danharveymiras7410]

But all in all dialogue sound is clear like in 08:50

[@MaxandJacqueline]

😂

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you, we’re working on learning more about that, we were filming with a Go Pro in a waterproof case on a boat 😅 definitely not optimal sound scenario but hopefully you could kinda understand 💛

[@luiscastillo451]

Can you provide the dive company you used please

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Of course! We dove with Dan’s Dives Malapascua. They were great 🧡

[@luiscastillo451]

@MaxandJacqueline do you know if they accept first-time divers?

[@MaxandJacqueline]

I believe they don't because the dive is too deep for first times

[@aminebelhadj2929]

Hello im French, I will go to Malapascua soon. Can you give me an adress not expensive and good for the dives with thresher Shark’s please

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Hi 👋 we dove with Dans Dives Malapascua. They were really affordable but we didn’t shop around the whole island. We were really happy with them. Have fun you will love the sharks 🦈

[@wilburtuason967]

Subscribe,from Manila Philippines 🇵🇭👍😀

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thanks Wilbur we so appreciate your support!

[@wilburtuason967]

@@MaxandJacqueline We appreciate that you visited our country and the longer you stay the more subscriber will support and grow your channel.

[@babylily2448]

𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚..𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔..🐬🦈

[@MaxandJacqueline]

Thank you Baby Lily 💙