Dive SOX Philippines

Dive SOX Philippines This page shares information on the dive destinations of SOX, short for SOCCSKSARGEN Region, PH ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

17/06/2026

The earth has had its moment of upheaval, but the water within you knows exactly how to restore, heal, and bring you back to center.

Like the waters that have sustained humanity through every age, you will find your way back to stillnessโ€ฆ

06/06/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐Ž๐—!๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ 

PROTECT what you EXPLORE๐ŸŒฑSome of our most beautiful moments begin in nature. This World Environment Day, we're reminded ...
05/06/2026

PROTECT what you EXPLORE๐ŸŒฑ

Some of our most beautiful moments begin in nature.

This World Environment Day, we're reminded that protecting nature means protecting the future we all share.

๐Ÿ“Lebak Katunggan Coastal Eco-Park, Sultan Kudarat

Sultan Kudarat Tayo Ang Turismo
Lebak Tourism
Municipal Government of Lebak

01/06/2026

๐…๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ.๐Ÿชธ

Reefs support 25% of all marine life and act as natural storm barriers for our coastlines. They give us the vibrant underwater worlds we love to exploreโ€”and they need our protection.

Every dive is a chance to be an ocean advocate. Let's practice responsible diving and support sustainable tourism. โœจ

Happy ! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿคฟ

Department of Tourism - Soccsksargen Office
Visit SOX Philippines

30/05/2026

Choose your lifestyle๐Ÿซง Heavy tanks for the long hangouts, single breaths for the ultimate freedom. ๐Ÿคฟ๐Ÿงœโ€โ™‚๏ธ


Blackstone Freediving

๐€ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ-๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐’๐Ž๐— ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠWhat an incredible journey it has been!Today marks the cu...
27/05/2026

๐€ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ-๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐’๐Ž๐— ๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ

What an incredible journey it has been!
Today marks the culmination of our Dive SOX Ocean Month Celebration, and we couldn't be more inspired by the massive wave of support from our diving and local community. From exploring the depths to protecting our shores, weโ€™ve proven that Blue Knowledge Drives Resilience.

Our final stretch was nothing short of impactful:

Sarangani Bay Exploratory Dive Assessment: A massive shoutout to Sir Alex Santos, Managing Director of PHILTECH and his team for providing the crucial technical data we need to map and protect our underwater treasures.

Coastal Clean-Up: Turning awareness into action by keeping our coastlines pristine and plastic-free.

The 1st Dive SOX Seamposium: Bringing together over 300+ passionate participants at the Greenleaf Hotel Gensan!

We dived deep into crucial conversations today. We leaned into the vital awareness, programs, and protection frameworks championed by the PCSSD (Philippine Commission on Sports SCUBA Diving) to keep our waters safe and sustainably managed by ED Marco Ancheta of PCSSD. We also confronted the realities of plastic pollution with Dr. Deo Florence Onda and explored the natural coastal shields of mangrove forests with Dr. Jurgenne Primavera.

This isn't just about celebrating the ocean for a month; itโ€™s about a long-term commitment. Together with our amazing partners, divers, scientists, and local communities, we are driving a movement where tourism thrives, community livelihoods are uplifted, and our environment is fiercely sustained.

Thank you to everyone who took part, spoke up, and dived in. The future of our seas looks brighter because of you! ๐Ÿ‹โœจ

๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐’๐Ž๐— ๐’๐„๐€๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŒŠDepartment of Tourism - Soccsksargen OfficeVisit SOX PhilippinesSarangani B...
27/05/2026

๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐’๐Ž๐— ๐’๐„๐€๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŒŠ
Department of Tourism - Soccsksargen Office
Visit SOX Philippines
Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape

๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š 1๐™จ๐™ฉ #๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™Ž๐™Š๐™“๐™ฅ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™€๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก. Department of Tourism - Soccsksargen Offic...
27/05/2026

๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š 1๐™จ๐™ฉ #๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™Ž๐™Š๐™“๐™ฅ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™€๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก.
Department of Tourism - Soccsksargen Office
Visit SOX Philippines
Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ+ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™What an incredible celebration of ...
27/05/2026

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ+ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™

What an incredible celebration of Ocean Month! The DiveSOX Ocean Month Celebration brought together an unstoppable wave of change-makers for a massive coastal cleanup, Scubasurero, and mangrove planting drive across SOCCSKSARGEN.

This isn't just a one-time eventโ€”itโ€™s a movement. By protecting our marine ecosystems, we are securing responsible tourism, sustaining local livelihoods, and driving economic growth for our coastal communities.
Here is what we achieved together:

๐Ÿ“Š THE IMPACT TALLY:
11 TONS of residual waste & marine debris cleared from the waters and shores of KALEPA, GenSan, and Maasim!

156 kgs of biodegradable waste properly collected.

100 mangrove propagules planted in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, safeguarding our coastlines for the future.

A massive THANK YOU to our incredible SOCCSKSARGEN coastal LGUs, local communities, national agencies, the passionate diving community, environmental organizations, and our energetic youth groups. You are the true guardians of our oceans! ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒŠ

Letโ€™s keep this momentum going.
Responsible tourism starts with us!


PIA SarGen (Sarangani-General Santos City)
PIA Region XII
Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape
Department of Tourism - Soccsksargen Office
Gensan Tourism
Visit SOX Philippines
Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao
Lgu-Maasim Tourism
LGU-Maasim, Sarangani Province
Kalamansig Tourism
Municipal Government of Palimbang
Lebak Tourism
Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao
Sarangani, Your Adventure
Department of Tourism - Philippines

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