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Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Long travel, interesting dives, a good overall experience", Apr, 2015, by Everette Strahl, WI, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8663 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Both Atlantis resorts were top notch. The food was excellent, the resort staff was genuinely friendly and helpful. The dive operations were also top notch and safety oriented. The Atlantis resort in Puerto Galera was fine but the overall vibe of Puerto Galera had much more of a party atmosphere, while the resort in Dumaguete had a quiet elegance to it and definitely more remote. Overall the diving was quite good (Puerto Galera slightly better), especially if you are a photographer, which I am not. The majority of the diving was 'muck' diving. We did enjoy some good coral dives on Verde Island and Apo Island. The rest was all about small unique creatures. I got genuinely perturbed with the photographers hogging the shots. I wish dive operations would offer no camera dives for us folks who just enjoy the experience of diving and would rather collect the memories in our heads. But I fear that opinion is 'swimming upstream' in today's Go Pro world. The dive operations in both resorts were well run and safety oriented. I would consider this to be 'valet' type diving. Our gear was set up and schlepped to the small dive boats and then schlepped back after the day of diving by staff. The travel portions all went according to plan. We were met by resort staff and guided through the most challenging portions of our arrival and in country travel. That said, it is a long haul to get to the Philippines from the Mid-West. Be prepared to be tired for the first couple of days. This is definitely a two week trip. One needs to allow for 2 days on either end for travel as well as 4 or 5 days at each resort to genuinely appreciate the experience.
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Great Lakes, all over the Caribbean, Maldives
Closest Airport	Manilla and Dumaguette	Getting There	planes, vans and boats
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All the divers in my group were experienced. Depths and minimum psi requirements were repeated for every dive during briefings, but in practice were more guidelines than strictly enforced. Again, this could because of the overall experience level of my group.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
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
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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Philippines/Mindoro and Negros

Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Long travel, interesting dives, a good overall experience", Apr, 2015,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
Philippines/Mindoro and Negros