After the top experience with the Palau Siren (2018), I was rather disappointed (also or especially because I had to skip 50% of the dives....so I got to see more of the boat).
Cabins: Unfortunately only 2 stars because: often bugs visiting, missing coat hooks to hang up something (in the box a travel bag, the life jackets and 2 hangers per person). WC flush had to be repaired 3 times.
Food: Apart from the repetitions on a 2 week trip, clearly the highlight. Especially the two chefs Roy+Mark. The only ones who always had a smile on their face.
Disappointing: Dendo the host. Always as serious as Yul Brynner in the 10 Commandments. He could only smile on the day when the tips were handed out.
Dive guides: Cruise director Jo was good and Vinor and Jordan at least made an effort or looked after the group from time to time, whereas Donato (the most experienced guide) was on the move at a swimmer's pace and only looked behind the group once in x dives (missed his job).
Dive spots: I advise against the Visayas - Tubbataha combination trip. At one place not over the end of the season at the other place earliest start of the season. Marine life also reacted accordingly to divers and pulled the line......
Practically everyone was disappointed by the following: Now you are already alone at a spot (not like Egypt with 500 other divers from 20 boats, but too often - even in my few dives - they did not manage to avoid pack dives of 20 divers (see pictures).
What I also didn't like were the many bugs/cockroaches (practically every day I saw one somewhere). The floor in the open dining area was also rather "gruesome" (will probably only be cleaned after the tour). Cleaning is "American", i.e. superficial (e.g. using furniture polish to make the wood shine - but please don't take a closer look)....
The diving operation is also somewhat unfavorably solved with the placement of the diving tanks/equipment on the front deck (you are constantly in each other's way).
I also got the impression that the dhingi drivers always wanted to get back on board as quickly as possible or that they were going full throttle on the outward journey before the last person was seated....
Conclusion: the Siren doesn't really appeal to me for a while (they say never say never, but not at the moment)

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Great ship, lots of hot water from the shower. Great. We found it very pleasant that wake-up is only half an hour after sunrise.

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Great ship, great crew! It was great fun. A reunion is very likely ????

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There are interesting dive sites. The pre-dive briefings are very good and informative.

The organization around the diving is very good.


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The crew and the boat are excellent.

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Philippine Siren / Tubbataha Reef
- The boat was actually designed for a maximum of 16 guests. We were 18! Guests and staff had to spend the night in the saloon on board...
- This meant that space was very tight, especially for the cameras! No problem for Gopro's, but for the Nauticam's and similar sized cameras. And there had been a lot of them. But there was hardly any room for them.
- The space for putting on the diving equipment was just as tight.
- The organization around diving is good.
- We were practically always in the same diving groups. A more frequent exchange would have been useful. The order of the groups should also be different.
- The leadership qualities of the dive masters and dive boat guides are also different.
- The Tubbataha Reef is somewhat overrated in my opinion. There is a lot to see, but other diving areas such as Raja Ampat offer at least as much, if not more.


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The Philippine Siren is a great ship with super service from the crew, so you want for nothing on board. The food was very good and international. We especially liked the organization of the diving operation, in our eyes it was just "great", so we can recommend a trip with the Philippine Siren without hesitation.
Many thanks to the whole crew...!

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Very nice ship; very nice staff; very tasty & varied food, but unfortunately often cold!
Otherwise everything was wonderful!

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Super ship, very helpful crew. Wonderful dive sites

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Great ship! Shue and Ed (cruise directors) and the crew do a great job!

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Beautiful, well-maintained ship with fantastic, well-coordinated crew who do everything they can to provide guests with great experiences underwater and on the ship.

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Unfortunately, there was too little current, so unfortunately no great depth (whale sharks, manta rays, ...).
The biggest were gray reef sharks, but we could also watch them hunting during the day. That was really impressive.
Shoals of fish (barracudas, mackerels, ...) were present in masses. And the reefs very beautiful and absolutely not damaged. There was even a relatively large amount of small fish (pygmy seahorses, snails, ...) That was really impressive.
But from Tubbataha I had expected basically more, therefore for the dive spots not the full score.
The Siren is one of my favorite ships, the cabins are huge, the food is fantastic, the dive guides congenial and safety is written large.

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Unfortunately too little current, therefore no sighting of manta rays, whale sharks ....

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Outstanding cruise director/dive guides, excellent boat crew, fantastic dive site (Tubbataha). Beautiful ship

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Beautiful ship with well-trained crew, which are already several years and organize everything super. The food is very good (In Asia I eat only vegetarian with fish) Very good dive guides. Everything super organized.

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Unfortunately, a lot of reef has been destroyed by the December storm 2021 and the dive sites had to be changed because of the current storm and the safari was therefore also canceled early and the last diving days we spent in safe harbor area.
The visibility was rather suboptimal due to the rain and the churned up sea.
For a safari I would not go to the Philippines again in the storm season.
The boat has only 1 mast left, there were no sails to be seen, I was actually looking forward to that.
The salon is spacious but unfortunately very hard to use with a ceiling height of 1.5m.
The sun deck needs more shade.
There were plenty of camera tables and charging stations.
Crew and guides are excellent though and very friendly and helpful.


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