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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
Philippines/Cebu

Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Azores and Dumagette", Aug, 2018,

by Jack Bernstein, OH, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10532 has 1 Helpful vote.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 4 stars
Comments This is a report about a combined Azores and Dumagette Trip. We essentially circled Cebu, ending up back at Dumagette for 4 days. The boat is showing it’s age and some of the cabins are small. Diving was almost exclusively by Zodiac BUT each Zodiac had a ladder to get back in. Zodiac drivers were usually attentive. Early in the trip, one group wasn’t picked up for 30 minutes. They weren’t happy.

Our group was all photographers, with a median age in the late 60s. We found that they tried to push 5 dives a day. This was too much and, after the first dive, subsequent dives kept getting pushed back. It was changed to 4 dives a day.

Off Azores, we saw the usual tropical fish. Highlights included a trevally fish ball and the Thresher dive. Our first dive was with the Whale sharks at Oslob. This was a disappointment because vis was poor and we should have snorkeled and not dived.

At Dumagette, muck diving is the thing and it doesn’t disappoint. Lots of tiny critters. I didn’t go on the optional Apo Island Trip but others did, and enjoyed it.
Websites Atlantis Dive Resorts   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Red Sea, Galapagos, Philippines, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, Costa Rica, Bonaire, St. Lucia, Florida, SanDiego, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Kitts, Statia, Cancun, Cozumel, Indonesia
Closest Airport Dumagette Getting There In general, get to Manila, do an overnight and then direct flight on Cebu Pacific or Philippines air

Dive Conditions

Weather dry Seas calm
Water Temp 78-82°F / 26-28°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions None really except on Thresher dive. They’d like you up in about an hour.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks > 2
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 2 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities 5 stars
UW Photo Comments On land, the camera room was great. On the boat, we had one table and it did get crowded. The charge stations were in a corridor leading to the dining room. Adequate but tight. The staff handled the cameras well.
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