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Atlantis Dive Resorts/Atlantis Dumaguete: "Great Trip!", Sep, 2014, by Dorothy McDonald, OH, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 7963.
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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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This trip was organized and led by Dave Hass and booked through Deep Blue Adventures. Both did an excellent job making sure that everything ran as smoothly as possible for everyone in the group. The staff at Dumaguete was friendly and helpful and very well trained - just what we've come to expect from Atlantis Resorts. And the diving is extremely well organized. People are put into small groups (4 - 6) so that you know who you'll be diving with (other divers and guide) all week. There is a board listing what time, which boat, and what location your group will be diving. We could make up to 5 boat dives a day, but if you want to sit out a dive for any reason that is OK. This truly is like live aboard diving, but from land. Everyone had a cubby in the dive building to store things they didn't need while on the boat - and to put dive things when you returned from diving. Next to the cubby is a place to hang your wet suit, BC, regs, etc. Our group was here for muck diving - we wanted to see unique little critters and we saw plenty - thanks to Wing our guide who pointed them out to us. Sometimes a larger fish (wahoo) would cruise past, but we rarely noticed. On a couple of days we did go on longer boat rides to nearby Apo Island where there was great reef diving (great corals and lots of turtles). It was nice to be able to have that choice for some variety. Those were day trips and the resort chef prepared a variety of delicious food that the crew set up as a buffet on the boat at lunch time. For the most part there was little or no current and decent to great visibility, but there always has to be a dive or two where there is an exception and that was no different here. I wore a 3 mil wet suit with a 3 mil farmer john and was comfortable the week of diving. Unless you are on a day trip to another island, the boats usually return to the resort between dives. The day before our group was to leave the resort arranged for us to go to Cebu island to snorkel with whale sharks that are always there. What a great way to spend the day before flying!
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, South Pacific, Asia
Closest Airport		Getting There	Flew from Detroit to Manila (with a short stop in Japan). Spent night in Manila and flew to Dumaguete the next morning. A very long trip but worth it!
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	We were asked to keep our guide within site and to come up when he did - dives were usually an hour. Our group used Nitrox which divers were encouraged to use. There is a small additional fee for Nitrox.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Cameras were put on tables or the floor while on boats. The crew were very helpful and careful with camera gear. There is a large, well equipped camera room at the resort with plenty of well-lit room for working on cameras, charging batteries, storing gear, etc.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts/Atlantis Dumaguete in Philippines/Dumaguete

Atlantis Dive Resorts/Atlantis Dumaguete: "Great Trip!", Sep, 2014,

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