Agos Liveaboard, Philippines

8.6 Fabulous

Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly

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“Diving on amazing Apo reef just teeming with fish and fling completely safe and getting full use of my air before surfacing”
david T, Australia

Highlights

Budget-friendly liveaboard diving
Explore Apo Reef and Coron Wrecks

The Agos boat is a traditional Philippino Banca offering budget liveaboard diving in the Philippines. Based in Coron, the Agos offers affordable dorm-style accommodation to explore the underwater beauty of Apo Reef and the wrecks of Coron to access dive sites not easily reached by land-based dive resorts. Built in 2019, 12-14 guests will be accommodated in single bunks or double beds. There is room for lounging in between dives, and freshly prepared Asian dishes will keep hungry divers satisfied throughout the day.

Itineraries aboard the Agos vary from 3 to 6 nights, and visit Apo Reef and Coron Wrecks. the marine park is known as the Crown Jewels of the Philippines and boasts crystal-clear water and incredible marine biodiversity. Home to over 450 species of coral and 300 species of fish, there is the chance to dive with manta rays, eagle rays, hammerhead sharks, schools of barracuda, giant trevally, and a whole host of macro critters. The crew have been together for over 10 years and are regional experts.

Perfect for budget-friendly liveaboard diving in the Philippines, join the Agos for a fantastic trip. Book online today.

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Included: VAT, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Kayaks, Land Excursions, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide, Stand Up Paddleboard, Cabin Towels.

Required Extras: National Park Fees (3,600 PHP / trip).

Optional Extras: Gratuities, Airport Transfer (250 PHP / trip), Hotel Transfer (150-250 PHP / trip), Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Extra Dives (20 USD / activity), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses.

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Boat features

Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
Sun Deck
Stand Up Paddleboard
Kayaks On-Board
Seaview Cabins
Non-Smoking Rooms
Custom built for diving
Charging stations
Outdoor Dining
Available for Charter
Local & International Crew
Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
Outside Showers
Leisure Deck

Food & Drinks

Vegan Options
Vegetarian Options
Beer available
Beach BBQ
Buffet style
Western Food
Local Food

If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.

Diving

Shaded Diving Area
DIN Adaptors
Rinse Hoses
Dive deck
Tenders for diving

Languages Spoken

The crew speaks English and French.

Gear Rental

Equipment is available for rent on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. If the rental gear is not included in the price, you will need to pay for it on board the boat. Show prices

Cabin Types

Boat Specifications

Year built: 2019

Length: 25.5 meters

Beam: 3 meters

Top speed: 12 knots

Cruising speed: 8 knots

Engines: 2

Max guests: 12

Number of cabins: 2

Number of bathrooms: 2

Tenders: 19FT 40HP

Water capacity: 5000L

Fuel capacity: 1000L

Boat navigation and safety

Depth Sounder
GPS
Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
Emergency Rafts
Life Vests
Fire Alarm & Fire Extinguishers
Oxygen
First Aid Kits
Fishfinder
Satellite & mobile phones
Bilge pump alarm
Crew trained in first aid
Emergency flares

Agos Reviews

8.6 Fabulous
25 Verified Reviews

Vessel

7.9
Crew

7.9
Food

9.2
Diving

9.2
Value

8.9

9.6 Exceptional
Melissa Z
Switzerland

Best Liveaboard Ever
The 5 days were amazing, especially the wreck diving was an unforgettable experience. The crew was so friendly and I had such a good time with everyone.I would definitely do it again!
Recommended for
Wreck Diving, Divemaster, Food
15 Jun, 2024

Translated from German

9.2 Superb
David R
Australia

Argos is an excellent way to dive the wrecks of Coron and dive Apo Reef on a budget. Food is good , accomodation - bunk style is clean and what you expect for a what you pay. The wrecks are great and
Apo reef - mantas , clown fish , barracuda’s, butterfly fish , turtles , Trev ally , bat fish , banded sea snake & wrecks of Coron - excellent diving on a budget.
Recommended for
Crew , great DM’s and great diving with customers who new how to dive
03 May, 2024

10 Exceptional
Stanley K
United States

This was a great experience diving.
I did my advanced open water certification. Living on board the boat was excellent. The marine life was fantastic. I really enjoyed the night dives and seeing different things.Apo Reef was so beautiful. I did a total of 15 dives. The last 2 days was spent on ship wrecks. The crew explained the history of the ships.
Recommended for
Excellent food,care and hospitality of crew.
02 Feb, 2024

7.2 Good
Ahmad A
Saudi Arabia

Real low cost but great experience.
If you manage you expectations, you are bound to have a great time. The dive suites are overused, but the regulators and BCD’s are in good conditions. The sleeping area have 8 bunk beds in one hall and stairs to double bed under the bow. I wish I was able to use the kayak. The food basic so do not expect anything special other than chicken, vegetables, pork, egg and rice.
Recommended for
Crew friendliness is high as you expect to see in the Philippine. Nice wreck dives with location with great scenes between the dives.
16 Jan, 2023

10 Exceptional
Laressa R
New Zealand

Unbelievably friendly, knowledgable and flexible crew
The marine life. Guides pointed out several items of interest, were adaptable, flexible and friendly. You can tell the crew have been working together awhile, they all get on so well and help each other out.
Recommended for
Apo reef diving, ship wreck diving, the food
09 May, 2023

10 Exceptional
Helena B
Germany

Incredible experience for a low budget
Seeing and experiencing the intact and diverse coral reefs at Apo reefs
Recommended for
Outstanding dive sites, fantastic staff, great value for money
01 Jun, 2023

9.6 Exceptional
Roger
United States

Memorable scuba trip at Apo Reef
Lots of diving (11 in all over 4 days). Great water visibility. Lots of pelagic animals and bright-colored coral.
Recommended for
The crew; the other divers; the food
01 Jun, 2023

10 Exceptional
Edward W
United Kingdom

Really enjoyable trip
Wonderful variety of dive sites, competent dive masters, a great experience overall
Recommended for
Great diving, friendly crew, amazing food
13 Apr, 2023

9.2 Superb
Rémy C
France

Awesome!
On a tout aimé dans cette croisière plongée beaucoup trop courte. Je recommande de prendre le pack avec Apo Reef. Les épaves de Coron sont remplis d'histoires et de vie. Bateau typique des Philippines avec un personnel bienveillant et toujours prêt à rendre service. Top moment de nos vacances! Je recommande.
Recommended for
Great dives, boat so fun, top crew
21 Mar, 2023

10 Exceptional
Tai Anh N
Vietnam

Comfort, cozy, excellent services and beyond expectation about the dive sites. Dive maps detail and instructions are clear, guy is well - experienced!
Wonderful trip and very affordable!
Recommended for
Comfortable beds, great dive sites, great dive buddies
06 Feb, 2024

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9.6 Exceptional
Steffen K
Germany

Good Liveaboard experience
Drift diving at the Apo Reef was great, but you should have some experience as a diver already. You should be aware, that this boat does not have airconditioned rooms, if you accept that all is good. Also I did not like the "giant stride" entry with camera, that is not good for the equipment from 1.5 m. The dive guides are very capable and showed us a lot! thanks to the entire team! I suggest you bring you own equipment, the regulators for rent did not look well. That is an area of improvement for the boat owner! They can cater for INT as well as DIN regulators. Another suggestion for the owner is to provide some items furniture purchase on the boat like drinks (e.g beer and coke). Be aware and bring your own stuff. :-) I would travel with the Agos team again.
Recommended for
Apo reef drift diving, the food and the people on board.
16 May, 2024

8.0 Very good
Philippe A
France

Croisiere MDI DIVERS sur le bateau Allin
Bonne équipe et bonne nourriture. Qualité des sites de plongée et excellent guide de plongée
Recommended for
Team. Dive site. Food.
29 May, 2025

10 Exceptional
Florian K
Germany

Perfect Liveaboard Trip
From the start of the liveaboard to the dives to the food, the liveaboard is a dream. The crew was super nice and always ready to help and provide information. The boat is simple but I personally found the liveaboard perfect for the Apo Reef. The food was very tasty and after every dive the chef conjured up something for the divers. All in all, I can recommend the liveaboard.
Recommended for
The Apo Reef is an incredible diving spot and the boat and crew were just amazing.
15 Jan, 2024

8.8 Fabulous
david T
Australia

Great crew, decent boat and food, amazing Apo reef dive sites
Diving on amazing Apo reef just teeming with fish and fling completely safe and getting full use of my air before surfacing
Recommended for
1. Crew super experienced with 1000,s dive to make best use of conditions. 2. Good ratio guides so that groups organised into experience and air use groups to max your dive time. 3 Apo reef far from shore as good as anywhere in my 15 years experience
08 May, 2023

9.2 Superb
Patrice G
Australia

Amazing crew from captain to helpers and fellow divers
The dives were catered for everyone, sharks, rays, crustacean, nudi etc but night dive, reef dive, wrecks etc. The crew of the boat, as well as us divers were so friendly. I also have a mention for Gerard, the owner. You can see from the top that that cruise is worth it. I vividly recommend it and hope that everyone will have the same luck that I had or even better
Recommended for
Affordable, friendly and great dives
28 Mar, 2024

9.6 Exceptional
Schroeter S
Switzerland

Inoubliable
Les plongées de suite, grâce au guide étaient incroyables, il voyait tout, après passé 25 ans de plongée et environ 1500 plongées, je découvre toujours grâce à notre guide, des poissons, crabes etc etc
Recommended for
Discretion du team philippin, mais toujours super nikel et propre, matériel de plongée prêt....
17 Jan, 2024

6.8 Review score
Carina R
Germany

Diving Apo Reef On A Budget
This liveaboard is a good choice if you want to dive the Apo reef on a budget and you’re flexible on comfort and schedule. Dive guides were good; I rented the complete equipment which was overall well maintained. Issues with a broken BCD were solved quickly. We did 11 dives, last one on day 4 at 3pm around Coron. Back at Coron at 6pm. Food was good, the vegetarian option was typically white rice and one choice of vegetable.
Recommended for
Apo Reef, value for money, rental equipment
29 Mar, 2024

9.6 Exceptional
Stefan G
Switzerland

Real diving with the nicest crew
The highlight was the combination of very friendly and funny crew members on a original Filipino Liveaboard which let you feel the sea and the stars 6 days very close with breathtaking wreck penetrations and lovely dives sites at apo reef. A experience Full of life, local stories, happy divers in a basic setting concerning material luxury-the luxury was to share the love for diving with the divers n diveguides. A lifetime experience for real divers.
Recommended for
Original Filipino Boat, experienced Dive guides, wreck penetrations
21 Mar, 2023

8.0 Very good
WENCESLAO MARCOS O
Spain

Good experience
Nice corals, abundant marine life, though not many large animals. The crew make you feel at home.
Recommended for
Corals, Marine Life, Crew
25 Apr, 2023

Translated from Spanish

9.2 Superb
Stefanie K
Germany

Good Budget Tour for experienced divers AOWD needed
Sharks, Turtles, Manta rays, octopus and lobsters.
Recommended for
Good diving spots, nice people and crew
02 May, 2023

8.0 Very good
Ruben E
Switzerland

Great for low-budget divers! Friendly Crew!
Wreck Dives
Recommended for
Diving, friendly Crew
16 Mar, 2024

9.2 Superb
Dorian B
France

Amazing !
Wrecks
Recommended for
The setting, the crew, the apprenticeship
17 Mar, 2023

Translated from French

6.8 Review score
Rebecca D
New Zealand

Food Poisoning Ruined the Trip
great crew very helpful and friendly, the group we had was awesome too. However on the second day 8/10 of us got food poisoning from the lunch which was very disappointing. Half of the group couldn't do half the dives and no refund or proper apology was given when the manager was confronted. The boat is basic but nice enough for a budget trip. the dorm room is very hot if you don't have a fan blowing directly on you, I would move the mattress outside.
Recommended for
Crew, group and the reef
22 Apr, 2023

4.8 Review score
Lisa K
Australia

Food poisoning nightmare
Agos was my 3rd liveaboard experience and easily the worst. I’ve done a low budget liveaboard in Indonesia and a nicer one in Galapagos that were amazing experiences. But Agos was terrible . 8 out of 10 guests got food poisoning . I was one of them. From day 2 I was vomiting and going to the toilet many times a day. I barely ate for the next 3 or 4 days. This was the experience for 5 guests and 3 guests only had a bit of vomiting and diarrhea. I missed half the dives because I was too sick to dive. On one of the dives I did do, I vomited a few times under water…not fun . The hygiene on the boat was terrible., No soap or cleanser in the toilet . I am pretty sure the toilet was never cleaned. No cleanser on the food table. It was generally a dirty boat in the sleeping area. We are pretty sure it was the food as none of the crew got sick - they were eating different food to us. The owner of the boat did not apologize and kept on trying to blame the water , he even tried to blame the sea water? He eventually promised a refund of the missed dives but this never happened… he stopped responding and disappeared without giving anyone a refund. Fortunately Liveaboard were great and gave us some credits to compensate us. I would stay away from Agos, I only had 2 weeks in the Philippines and I was still a little sick when I got home to Australia. It ruined my whole holiday
Recommended for
Beautiful location Apo reef
09 Jan, 2024

3.2 Review score
Marcus R
Australia

Floating Zest Pool. Food Poisoning for 80% of Guests.
I’ve been diving and travelling for nearly 30 years and never had an experience this bad!!! If you want basic hygiene, this is not the boat for you. Hygiene doesn’t exist on this boat which is probably why 8 out the 10 guests were sick from food poisoning, many violently ill. I was food poisoned on the second day and was ill for over 2 weeks. The boat is a “Zest Pool”. Just because you’re a budget operation, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be clean. Below are my experiences and opinions: Poor Hygiene: • Kitchen hand was thrown in the water by other staff for not showering for 3 days. • Saw chef blow his nose on another staff members shirt that was hanging up and walked straight into the kitchen and started working with food without washing hands. • There was nowhere to wash hands or brush teeth. No sink anywhere on the boat except the kitchen where the food is handled. • Nowhere to have a real shower. Only on the side of the boat outside the kitchen window (no privacy or naked showers). I found people just ended up not showering which got a little smelly towards the end especially in the heat and humidity. • Toilets are old and dirty. Also, on a slope so very slippery when wet. I fell over several times and was very lucky not to smash my head open. Very dangerous. • Nowhere to wash your hands in the toilet, so everyone wipes their bum and touches all the doors and surfaces without washing. Boat Facilities: • Air compressor filing the tanks looks very old and dodgy. Looks like it’s been retro fitted or they made it themselves and not a real air compressor for scuba diving (in my opinion). I worry about the quality of air filling the tanks could get contaminated. • Mattresses look very old and dirty under the bed sheets. Disgusting actually. • Power on the boat only runs for 18 hours. So, there are times during the night the fans in the room turn off and you wake up in a hot and sweaty sauna. • Not really many places to hide from the sun. Very small cover on the top deck where only a couple of people can lay down, otherwise you have to lay in the hot room with poor circulation or sit in the dinning area. Very uncomfortable. Food & Beverages: • Got food poisoning on the 2nd day of the trip so I can’t recommend eating on the boat. Owners tried to say it was the water not the food. But I believe it was the food as guests started getting sick a few hours after lunch before dinner, the staff where eating different food and they didn’t get sick, and the boat hygiene was so poor it was most likely the cause. • There were no colds drinks or ice served on the boat for the whole 4 days. So we were drinking water that was room temperature (34 degrees Celsius). o If you’re dehydrating from vomiting and Diarrhoea in 34 degree heat and 75% humidity, it’s hell on earth as your can’t cool down. The Management: • Owners and management didn’t really care everyone got sick and did not want to refund anyone. When we mentioned you might get some negative reviews, they commented “we don’t care, you can’t please everyone”. Showing that these guys don’t care about there divers, just profit. Promised a refund of an agreed amount to be paid that week. But then the owners disappeared and stop responding to calls and emails once I left Coron. It wasn’t until Liveaboard.com started pushing them that I got only a proportion of that back 3 months later. (Fortunately Liveaboard.com came to the party and also gave me a credit for my next Liveaboard.com trip which I am grateful to them for.) These aren’t the operators you want to be dealing with if there is a problem. I’m not sure if the other guests got anything back from the operators. People were trying to vomit before they went for the dive so they wouldn’t be sick underwater and didn’t want to miss the dive. The operators would only compensate if they missed dives. Terrible policy. • When I was sick, the manager took me to a medical clinic for tests as I was very ill. Turns out he is part owner
Recommended for
I’ve been diving and travelling for nearly 30 years and never had an experience this bad!!!
09 Oct, 2023