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Palawan

Anchorages, clearance, Tubbataha permits and crew facts for superyachts at Palawan and the islands around it.

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192 NM

from Palawan Island to El Nido, in the Y.CO charter itinerary

mooring buoys El Nido finished installing in July 2025

10 to 12 hours

by sea from Puerto Princesa to Tubbataha Reefs, as the park gives it

PHP 11,000

Tubbataha entry fee for a vessel of 201 gross tons or more

Pages

Palawan pages

For crewJobsHow to reach Palawan, contact the local yacht agent and find the clearance steps for superyacht work.For captainsBerthsWhere clearance happens in Palawan, how El Nido protects its reefs and what the local agent arranges.For owners and charter guestsVisitingWhen to come, where yachts cruise around Palawan and what Tubbataha Reefs requires.

Map

Puerto Princesa waterfront and airport

These five places are in Puerto Princesa, the Palawan port of entry. The airport is about 3 km east of the cruise port terminal. El Nido, Coron and Tubbataha Reefs are far to the north and east and are outside this map.

Puerto Princesa International Airport. Y.CO places the start of a Palawan charter at this airport.

Provincial Capitol. Palawan Provincial Capitol, on Rizal Avenue.

Baywalk Park. Public park listed in OpenStreetMap.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Church on Rizal Avenue.

Cruise Port Terminal. Puerto Princesa City Cruise Port Terminal, as OpenStreetMap names it.

Seasons

Best months and weather

30.9°

55.6

Jan

31.1°

30.7

Feb

31.9°

37.1

Mar

32.9°

49.3

Apr

32.9°

125.8

May

32.1°

157

Jun

31.5°

173.2

Jul

31.6°

173.4

Aug

31.7°

172

Sep

31.6°

212.9

Oct

31.4°

196.3

Nov

31°

174.9

Dec

Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonTop number: mean daily high, °C. Bars: rain, mm.

WMO climate normals 1991 to 2020 for Puerto Princesa City Palawan (station 98618, 30 years of data). Season bands are our own estimate. The peak is set where the station records fewer than 5 days a month with 1 mm of rain or more, from January to April, and the off season where it records 12 days or more, from June to November.

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