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Atlantis Dive Resorts, Apr, 2013, by Larry Eggert, UT, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 7368.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Great diving and staff at both the resort and liveaboard. 2 days at the resort featured typical south Pacific beautiful corals and tropical fish. 3 days were "muck diving" with limited visibility, but we saw at least 2 dozen ghost pipefish of every variety. We are usually opposed to fish feeding, but being only feet away from 3 whale sharks for 45 minutes was an experience of a lifetime. The whale sharks are free to leave anytime, and usually leave at noon to go hunting as they only get a few shrimp every few minutes for showing up. Manila airport requires transfer after collecting your bags in a taxi from International to Domestic terminal through a very scary area of town and takes up to an hour, then you have to go back through security again. If you do it, use the Atlantis escort service. If you can fly into Cebu rather than Manila, do it. All domestic flights ran at least an hour late-allow generous time for connections.
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Palau, Truk, Hawaii, Indonesia, all over Caribbean, Galapagos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100- Ft/ 30- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Under 100 ft
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	Ghost pipefish everywhere at Dumaguete. About 7 whale sharks come in for fishermen's leftovers at an optional day excursion to Cebu. Also dove the Atlantis liveaboard at Tubbataha Reef with gorgeous walls, pygmy seahorses and huge baitballs.

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By Robert M Ayers in CA, US at Jun 27, 2014 15:59 EST

(This info two years old) If you fly in to Manila on Philippine Air (and not United or other intl) you end up at the same terminal that the domestic flights to Cebu use. An advantage.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Philippines/Dumaguete

Atlantis Dive Resorts, Apr, 2013,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
Philippines/Dumaguete