Dive Review of Dive Society/El Dorado Beach Resort in
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Dive Society/El Dorado Beach Resort: "El Dorado Beach Resort has excelent diving at very resaonable prices.", Jun, 2017, by John C Crossley, FL, US ( Sr. Contributor 28 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 9663 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This year was my forth trip to the El Dorado Beach Resort in about ten years. The resort has recovered completely from a fire that burned down the dive shop, and part of the restaurant and some rooms. Everything is built back as good as new. El Dorado has excellent diving for macro critters in the volcanic sand all along the beach, and great diving at Apo island about an hour away by dive boat. Apo has nice soft corals, lots of reef fish and an occasional turtle. What I did different this trip was take the two hour trip to Oslob to dive with the Whale Sharks. I had resisted this previously because I preferred whale shark diving in other locations where they are not attracted by feeding. It was a relief to see that the Oslob experience was spread out over a big area with several feeding stations. That meant that the snorkelers were not all crammed into a small area with the whale sharks. Us scuba divers got a much better view of the whale sharks as they moved around within the area at about 20-25 foot depth. The water was really clear that day (80 feet but it is reported to be much less sometimes. After the Oslob dive we did two more dives that day at nearby Sumalin Island and that had some really nice hard corals at the "Marine Sanctuary" site. The Dive Society runs a very good operation with dive guides that are good critter spotters. El Dorado has a variety of guest rooms at very fair prices and an excellent restaurant. This year we decided not to take the half-board or full-board option and we saved money while not getting overfed. My only complaint was our room choice this year. We got a "Family Room" for four of us but it was up a steep metal circular stair case on the second floor. I thought was not very family safety conscious when we have an eight year old and a seventy year old in our group. However it was the only "family room" at the resort. Other ground level rooms for four people are very nice, but more expensive. For non-divers, there is a nice pool, billiard table, beach, massage center, yoga classes, and island tours. They also have a very nice camera room and divers check out a key to the room. In summary, I still really like El Dorado Beach Resort and will return.
Websites	Dive Society
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Fiji, Truck, Yap, Palau, Bali, Lembeh, Hawaii, Florida, Red Sea, Soloman Islands, PNG, Caymans, Bonaire, BVI, Philippines and others
Closest Airport	Dumaguete	Getting There	Fly to Dumaguete from Manila or Cebu.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	For experienced divers they just wanted you back below the boat when you got to 500 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	On two tank trips they have a camera rinse bucket. Dive staff know how to handle the cameras. The shore facilities have a dedicated rinse tub and there is a separate, locked camera room with very adequate space for at least 12 camera rigs.

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Dive Review of Dive Society/El Dorado Beach Resort in Philippines/Dumaguete

Dive Society/El Dorado Beach Resort: "El Dorado Beach Resort has excelent diving at very resaonable prices.", Jun, 2017,

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Dive Review of Dive Society/El Dorado Beach Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete