Dive Review of Fun Dive Asia/Vittion Beach in
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Fun Dive Asia/Vittion Beach, May, 2010, by Laura Todd, CA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 5535.
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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	We went to the Donsol area to see the whale sharks (see separate report) and a day of diving was included in our package. In a word, don't bother diving here. The few sites are a good hour and a half away and based on our experience timely departures are rare. When we eventually got on board, I snuck a few photos of the crew bailing out the engine compartment of the boat. When we finally got to Ticau, the dive master did not give any sort of briefing and the only thing he said to me all day was to ask when the last time I had been diving was. Once under water he did not show us anything. I managed to find a peacock mantis shrimp and some nudis on my own, but Ticau island is one of the least fishy places I have ever been. He then tried to get me to come up at about 40 minutes when I still had half a tank of air. This same charmer smoked any where and everywhere on the boat and hung out chatting with the crew in his underwear all day. The next 2 dives were fast drifts, supposedly to a manta cleaning station, but rather than find the right spot and wait for the animals, these guys just keep sending you on 30 minute sprints over and over again in hopes of seeing something. We got about ten seconds of mantas in 2 dives. Also 2 small white tip reef sharks under a bommie. There was a fabulous moment that made the otherwise frustrating day worth it when a whale shark swam about 15 feet overhead. There are no showers at the shop and the rinse area is tiny. If you want to dive here, go with Steady Eddie,their competitor next door.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Malaysia, various South Pacific, Baja
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	55-80 Ft/ 17-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	not set up for photography - nothing on boat or at shop to assist UWPs

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Dive Review of Fun Dive Asia/Vittion Beach in Philippines/Donsol

Fun Dive Asia/Vittion Beach, May, 2010,

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Dive Review of Fun Dive Asia/Vittion Beach in
Philippines/Donsol