Four Russian men aged 18 to 57 travelled via boat off Verde Island with a Filipino dive instructor to dive on Thursday afternoon near the resort area of Batangas on the main island of Luzon.
But the others, identified as Ilia Peregudin, 29, and Maksim Melekhov, 39, were tragically discovered by rescuers hours later, a Philippine coat guard said on Friday.
Two other tourists were able to swim back safely to their dive boat on Thursday off Verde Island, south of Manila, the Philippines.
TWO tourists were found dead, with one discovered in the jaws of a shark, after being swept away by strong undercurrents while scuba diving.
Airland Lapitan said: "The other one was found at about 4-5:30 pm and retrieved around 5-6 pm.
