Crystal Blue Resort: "Good for MACRO", Apr, 2015,by Helena Soler, CA, US ( 2 reports). Report 8419. |
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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Shore Diving | N/A |
Snorkeling | N/A | ||
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Comments |
The only negatives here are the long bus ride from Manila and getting on and off pangas for diving. But the DMs do a great job of carting your gear and helping where needed to prevent injury. Water tended to be a bit cloudy and we had surge/current on a couple of dives making photo ops challenging. But the macro life was great and we saw so many species that are different in the Caribbean. Frogfish, nudibranchs, pipe horse, for instance. And the crinoids and soft coral are very beautiful. The urchins, shrimp, sea stars are all different too. And we saw lots of small and medium size fish. The variety of nudibranchs and anemone fish were my favorites. |
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Websites | Crystal Blue Resort | ||
Reporter and Travel |
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Dive Experience | 251-500 dives | ||
Where else diving | Caribbean, Hawaii, Florida, Channel Islands | ||
Closest Airport | Manila | Getting There | Direct from LAX on Philippine Air--very convenient |
Dive Conditions |
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Weather | sunny | Seas | calm |
Water Temp | 79-80°F / 26-27°C | Wetsuit Thickness | 3 |
Water Visibility | 40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M | ||
Dive Policy |
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Dive own profile | yes | ||
Enforced diving restrictions | Pretty shallow dives so not relevant. Long dive times limited by air consumption! | ||
Liveaboard? | no | Nitrox Available? | yes |
What I Saw |
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Sharks | None | Mantas | None |
Dolphins | None | Whale Sharks | None |
Turtles | > 2 | Whales | None |
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best): |
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Large Fish | N/A |
Large Pelagics | N/A | ||
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best): |
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UW Photo Comments | A beautiful photo room with individual carrels and charge plugs was very clean and air conditioned. Never seen anything like it! Close to the boats so easy to get ready or adjust gear if necessary. |
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