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Dive Review of Kasai Village in
Philippines/Cebu

Kasai Village, Mar, 2012,

by Robert M Ayers, CA, US (Reviewer Reviewer 6 reports). Report 6610.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments The resort is quite nice. Well maintained, pleasant staff, good restaurant. But the dive operation was iffy -- it looked like the operation was new. (Yeah, that doesn't make sense.) The diver setup area (rinse tanks, showers etc) was partly under construction. And the dive-boat operations were nervous-making. In particular, tanks were loosely piled up on the deck and made it scary to walk around, especially suited-up. In the water, the typical location was nearby, with shallows at 20', a slope to 50-90' then a drop off. A dive usually drifted along the slope at about 60-80', and the terrain there was oft "bombed out" -- sand covered -- possibly due to the earthquake shortly before our arrival. The shallows were prettier than the deeper slope, with much better corals, but that wasn't the dive profile on-offer. Visits to Pescador Island were better than the local slopes. No large fish. Critters were good: froggies, OGPs, nudis, a "feeder mouth sea cucumber".
Websites Kasai Village   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Caribbean, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sipidan, Fiji, Australia GBR
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, rainy Seas calm
Water Temp 78-80°F / 26-27°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 20-40 Ft/ 6-12 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile ?
Enforced diving restrictions Stay with group. No real time-limit that I noticed -- dives were 60-70 minutes.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 3 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish N/A
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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