Per person for 10 nights — flights, hotel, dive ops, and gear-bag fees included. Typical trip lands around $1,550. Anyone can quote you a cheap flight; this is what the trip costs.
Prime months: Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug.
Late season: hammerheads less frequent but mantas, eagle rays, whale sharks, and reef sharks still active; warm 79–86°F water, 100ft+ visibility.
Peak season: 20–130ft+ visibility, ~79°F water, and schools of hundreds of scalloped hammerheads aggregating to breed — the island's signature spectacle.
All-boat diving on 12–13 coral reef walls dropping 2,0ft (6,562 ft) into the South China Sea; famous for April–May scalloped hammerhead aggregations plus grey reef, leopard, thresher, and silvertip sharks, mantas, and whale sharks, with 20–60 m (66–197 ft) visibility and 77–86°F water; suits intermediate to advanced divers due to strong currents at several sites.
Also known for: Seasonal scalloped hammerhead shark aggregations (peak April–May) off a remote South China Sea atoll; island also hosts a bird sanctuary famed for nesting swallows (hence its alias 'Swallows Reef')
Seabird Watching — Millions of sooty terns and frigatebirds nest on the atoll seasonally
Beach Walking — Stroll the remote, undeveloped white sand beaches surrounding the atoll
Reef Flat Exploration — Wade the shallow reef flat at low tide and observe marine life up close
Shark Watching from Shore — Blacktip reef sharks are commonly spotted from the beach in shallow water
The all-in above is the typical price. A few times a year, Layang Layang fares drop 25–50% below that. StokedFare watches dive destinations from your home airport 24/7 and pings you the second one crosses that line — free.