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Crystal Blue Resort: "Loved Crystal Blue and Anilao", Mar, 2017, by Annette Lohman, CA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9843.
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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	Went to Crystal Blue Resort with a large group of photographers looking to do some muck diving and photograph critters over 10 nights. The resort is well run and laid out on a hill with seven levels. Rooms were small but comfortable and bathrooms were modern with spacious showers. My dive buddy and I had a room on the top level. Others have mentioned that it is a bit of a climb and my dive buddy, who has arthritis, struggled a bit. If you have similar issues, be sure to request a lower level room. For me, with multiple trips up and down the steps each day, I certainly got my daily aerobic exercise! Massages were inexpensive and very good. For the first time, I actually indulged and had three massages on one trip. Food was excellent, varied, and plentiful. (Good thing I had the steps to go up and down to work it off.) Dive guides were excellent. Ours was a bit of a character who worked and worked to find us critters. To take advantage of the bottled water available throughout, one needs to bring ones own personal water bottles to fill. Mike Bartick gave a couple of talks on photography techniques which I found very helpful. I would go back in a heartbeat.
Websites	Crystal Blue Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Southern California, Indonesia, Bonaire, Roatan, Mexico, Philippines, Bonaire, St. Croix, Solomons, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Truk, Palau.
Closest Airport	Manila	Getting There	Fly into Manila. Three hours by van to the resort
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	75 minutes or so.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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 camera room with workstations for everyone. Excellent set up. Close to the boats.

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines/Anilao

Crystal Blue Resort: "Loved Crystal Blue and Anilao", Mar, 2017,

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in
Philippines/Anilao