Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resort - Dumaguete in
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Atlantis Dive Resort - Dumaguete, Dec, 2003, by William Deertz, Jakarta, Indonesia . Report 878.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Coastal diving along Dauin, Oriental Negros was spotty at best. Limited hard corals with that which remained showing evidence of damage from fisherman dragging their traps over the reef. The black volcanic sand made visibility also spotty if the waves kicked up. Despite this there was a wide variety of small critters such as frog fish, pipefish, crocodile fish, etc. The better diving was around Apo Island which is about a 45 minute boat ride from the resort. White coral sand resulted in consistently better visibility around Apo Island compared to the coastal dives. Soft corals were in abundance and generally in good health, hard corals were better than the coastal sites but still not prolific. Good variety of interesting critters but limited pelagics, no sharks, mantas, etc, but a few turtles. Resort is very comfortable and the chef (Jake) at the resort can whip up some very good dishes. The resort is somewhat secluded (there are only a few resorts in the vicinity) so you can walk the beach without being hassled from hawkers. Overall a very pleasant trip but this was a family trip over X-mas with a few days of diving. If your passing through the area its definitely worth a visit, however, the diving quality doesn't justify this as a diving destination by itself (there are too many other better locations in the region).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bali, Komodo, Manado, Alor, Wakatobi, Australia, Saipan, Thailand, Florida Keys, Maldives
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-75 Ft/ 6-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Normal safe diving restrictions, bottom time generally limited to 60 minutes
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Avid u/w videographer/stills however I didn't bring my equipment for this trip, but I didn't see much in terms of a dedicated camera room. Also the boats didn't really have any sort of camera table and a rinse tank was limited.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resort - Dumaguete in Philippines

Atlantis Dive Resort - Dumaguete, Dec, 2003,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resort - Dumaguete in
Philippines