Dive Review of Johnny's Dive/Paras Beach Resort in
Philippines/Camiguin Island

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Johnny's Dive/Paras Beach Resort, Jul, 2008, by John Crossley, CA, USA ( Sr. Contributor 28 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 4378.
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Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	Paras Beach Resort & Johnny’s Dive, Camiguin Island, Philippines Diving July 2008, Visibility 30-100+ depending on site. Water Temp. 82. Paras Beach Resort is one of the nicest resorts on Camiguin Island, about 70 km north of Cagayan de Oro. The resort will arrange transport from the airport in Cagayan or you can take a taxi or bus to the ferry at Balingoan. The resort will pick you up once the ferry gets to Camiguin Island. Paras has clean air con rooms with cable TV for about $55 per night, which does not include breakfast. They have a very nice pool, and two billiard tables with no charge for guests. Their restaurant has a somewhat limited selection and the food is just fair, but prices are reasonable. Johnny’s Dive operates the diving concession at three resorts (Paras, Secret Cove, and The Caves), and their main shop is at Paras. Johnny’s uses a small wood banca as their dive boat on days with four divers or less. They have a bigger boat but I did not see it. Conditions on the banca would be crowded for more than two divers, so I was glad I was the only diver for three of my four days. I had to remind them three days to bring a rinse bucket for my camera, and only one day did they have an equipment rinse tank filled with water when we got back from the dives. We left each day at 8:00 am for two morning dives and were usually back by about 12:30. They will do afternoon dives if you want. Allan was the best of three dive guides I had in four days. He was more enthusiastic than the others and more pro-active in finding critters. We had 100+ ft. viz at “Old Volcano” which had some nice soft corals and interesting formations. There also was a big black frogfish and yellow pygmy seahorse there. Other dives included some black and white banded sea snakes, a cuttlefish, scorpionfish, several types of anemone fish, porcelain crabs, a variety of little shrimps and crabs, and the usual tropicals. I never saw any big fish, sharks, or rays. One dive site near White Island would be good for a dusk Mandarin fish dive because we could see several of them in the corals even in the morning. Some dives had very healthy hard corals and there was not much coral damage. Johnny’s Dive typically visits dive sites on the north and northwest side of Camiguin Island that the Mantangale dive resort does not usually go to. Mantangale typically sticks to dive sites on their side of the mainland or on the eastern side of Camiguin. Overall, Paras Beach Resort and Johnny’s Dive were pretty good but not great. It’s worth a few extra days if you’re in the area.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	60 resorts & 20 livaboards mostly in Asia & Pacific
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive computer profile within no deco limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Had to remind each day to bring rinse bucket. No rinse tank filled & ready at shop

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Dive Review of Johnny's Dive/Paras Beach Resort in Philippines/Camiguin Island

Johnny's Dive/Paras Beach Resort, Jul, 2008,

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Dive Review of Johnny's Dive/Paras Beach Resort in
Philippines/Camiguin Island