Dive Review of Mantangale Dive Resort in
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Mantangale Dive Resort, May, 2009, by John Crossley, CA, USA ( Sr. Contributor 29 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 5104.
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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	I reported last year that I thought the Mantangale Dive Resort is the best dive value I've ever seen. This year was my fifth trip, and they improved even more. Now they will use their big banca to go to dive sites on the far side of Camiguin Island, even with just a few divers on board. It's spacious and comfortable with lots of shade, padded seats, and a toilet. It's not as fast as the speedboat, but is a smooth trip. We went to Old Volcano, with splendid vistas, 100 ft or better viz, and some nice soft coral bushes clinging to the slopes of the old volcano. Cabawn Point also had some really nice soft corals and the dive guide, owner/manager Dodong Uy, found three red pygmy seahorses in a sea fan. The Mantigue dive site had five schools of different fish coming and going. As usual, Paradiso had great soft corals of reds, pinks, yellows, orange, and white. It was like an underwater garden in full bloom. The Mantangale resort offers basic but very clean air conditioned rooms, a good restaurant, a beautiful pool, and lots of amenities for non-divers. They also offer free Nitrox and a lunch as part of every two-tank dive trip. Service is excellent and they'll provide van transports from the Cagayan de Oro airport, which is just a $100 round trip ticket from Manila on Cebu Pacific Airlines.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Fiji, Bali, Thailand, Truk, Palau, Yap, Hawaii, PNG, Lembeh, Florida, Bonaire, Cozumel, Galapagos, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Boat will have a rinse bucket and there is a big cameras-only rinse tank at the resort dive shop. The big banca has plenty of space to work on a camera (change lens, etc) safely between dives. Dive shop area has tables but not separate cubicles.

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Dive Review of Mantangale Dive Resort in Philippines/Mindanao

Mantangale Dive Resort, May, 2009,

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Dive Review of Mantangale Dive Resort in
Philippines/Mindanao