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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):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
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.
Websites	Crystal Blue Resort
Reporter and Travel
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
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
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
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	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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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines

Crystal Blue Resort: "Good for MACRO", Apr, 2015,

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in
Philippines