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Crystal Blue Resort: "Excellent Resort and Dive Operation", Nov, 2022, by Thomas Callen, MI, US ( 2 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12206 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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I really enjoyed this trip! After a 2-hour van ride south from Manila I arrived at Crystal Blue Resort. It is situated on the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. I was impressed with the resort itself - it was kept clean and like new. My room was recently remodeled with effective air conditioning and comfortable bed. The dining area was open air with views of the sea. The staff were all very nice and helpful. The food was excellent with a nice variety and made to order breakfast items. Since it is on the side of a steep rise, there are quite a few stairs, but the staff will carry heavy items for you. I requested a lower guest room so that reduced the stairs I needed to navigate. As long as you are in decent shape, the stairs were not much of an issue. The diving was very good. The staff sets up and loads all dive and camera equipment on the boat making it easy. They also place camera gear in rinse tanks after the dives. A good variety of sites with lots of small critters - typical sandy or rubble bottom muck diving sites, but also there were some nice colorful coral reef dive sites with lots of tropical fish and colorful corals. There were not many large creatures, but I was here mainly to photograph small critters. I also did some blackwater dives which were new and exciting and to me and provided new and interesting creatures to photograph. There was either a one to one or two to one dive guide to diver ratio. I had my own dive guide the whole trip. Edgar was excellent at finding small critters (including some I could barely see) and was very helpful spotting larval fish / squid etc. on the black water dives. He even pointed out 4 pygmy seahorses on one fan! All in all, the resort and diving were very well run.
Websites	Crystal Blue Resort [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Fiji, Galapagos, Philippines, Bahamas, Indonesia
Closest Airport	Manila	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
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
UW Photo Comments	Great air-conditioned camera room with power strips with universal plugs - no need to bring converters. Camera gear handled well by the staff with big rinse tanks and compressed air guns. This resort set up well for photographers. Their photo pro, Mike Bartick, was very helpful answering my UW photo questions. He has done a lot to advance black water diving in this area. He provided a very helpful half-our briefing before our first black water dives using the big screen to explain the Diel Migration showing his pictures of the creatures we may encounter and photo tips. I really enjoyed this new form of diving / photography and will definitely be doing it again in the future.

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines/Anilao

Crystal Blue Resort: "Excellent Resort and Dive Operation", Nov, 2022,

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in
Philippines/Anilao