Jesse Beazley Reef
9.0466°N 119.8143°E · wall
Jesse Beazley Reef is a wall dive site in Philippines Palawan, Asia.
Overview
Jesse Beazley Reef is the northernmost and smallest of the three reef structures in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site accessible only by liveaboard from Puerto Princesa between March and June. The mushroom-shaped structure starts at 7 meters and drops below recreational limits, with fast, unpredictable currents feeding large branching hard corals and drawing grey reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks, hammerheads, barracuda, and Spanish mackerel.
Site Information
- Location: Philippines Palawan, Asia
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Wall dive
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Maximum Depth: 29 meters
Marine Life
Jesse Beazley Reef is a shark aggregation hotspot within Tubbataha Natural Park, with grey reef sharks and whitetip reef sharks patrolling the mushroom-shaped structure and hammerheads occasionally visible in the blue. Fast currents sweeping the exposed reef carry dense schools of barracuda, Spanish mackerel, and big-eye jacks, while the branching hard corals on the structure itself host a diverse reef fish community. Napoleon wrasse are a near-constant presence on this remote Coral Triangle reef.
Sources: Diving Squad Palawan Guide, Scuba Tech Philippines - Coron Wrecks, Pirate Coron Dive Sites, DIVE Magazine - Wrecks of Coron Bay, ZuBlu - Scuba Diving Coron Palawan. Last updated 2026-04-04.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
266 verified species observations (259 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1984 and 1995, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Rhopalaea fusca
- Naso vlamingii
- Chaetodon kleinii
- Halichoeres chrysus
- Parupeneus trifasciatus
- Chaetodon adiergastos
- Lutjanus fulvus
- Thalassoma hardwicke
- Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
- Acanthurus nigricans
- Pterois antennata
- Chlorurus microrhinos
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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