Dive Review of Paul's Dive Shop/Liberty's Community Lodge in
Philippines/Apo Island

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Paul's Dive Shop/Liberty's Community Lodge, Dec, 2008, by Natasha, NM, USA ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 4609.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Very small boats for diving, difficult water access if you are not in good shape. Rental gear looked like it had seen better days. Choppy seas. Saw no larger fish, but lots of smalls. Beautiful corals. Can dive as much as your dive computer will allow you. Night shore dives. Accommodation is basic, and "backpacker" orientated. Electricity on an off during day/night. No AC. No hot water. Bucket showers. Clean. Lodge is in the village, and when we were there it was just before Christmas and the whole village seemed to go to Catholic Mass at 4am. Liberty's does great community work on the island, without this resort and Liberty herself there would be no marine reserve and no fish or coral for all the divers from the big Dauin resorts.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	east africa, maldives, honduras
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	28-29°F / -2--2°C	Wetsuit Thickness	6
Water Visibility	15-25 M / 49-82 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	dive with divemaster
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	No rinse tanks on boats.

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Dive Review of Paul's Dive Shop/Liberty's Community Lodge in Philippines/Apo Island

Paul's Dive Shop/Liberty's Community Lodge, Dec, 2008,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Paul's Dive Shop/Liberty's Community Lodge in
Philippines/Apo Island