Dive Review of Philippines Aggressor in
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Philippines Aggressor: "10 Days in Visayas", Jan, 2025, by Dean C, CO, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 13340.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This being my first trip to the Philippines, I had a loose set of expectations of what I would experience on my 10 day Philippines Aggressor itinerary around the Visayas. Sure, I reviewed Undercurrent reader’s reports and talked to friends that had been there before, but I didn’t make must see animal lists or must visit locations. This is just as well since mother nature dictated an itinerary that typically wasn’t documented on the Aggressor’s recent Adventure logs. We visited many of the highlighted islands like Malapascua and Apo, but we traveled to the East, close to Leyte, versus to the West of Cebu which is the route often taken per trip reports. East or West may not matter since we were in the Coral Triangle with its diversity of corals and critters. We did 33 dives during the week typically relocating to different islands nightly and making 3 day dives and one night dive before moving on. Most dives were spent looking for small creatures. The pace of finding subjects could be slow at times where nothing of interest was found but it seemed that every dive eventually revealed something that attracted us photographers like bees to flowers. In retrospect, sea horses of various flavors, blue ringed octopi, frog fish in different palates (but not psychedelic), crabs, nudis, shrimp, snakes, turtles, and more were always discovered with ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Philippines Aggressor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, Malaysia, Mexico, Florida, California, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Palau, Red Sea, Philippines, and other inland reservoirs.
Closest Airport	Cebu	Getting There	Denver - Tokyo - Cebu
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Buddy diving and typically 60 mins
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	1 or 2
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	There was a large camera table which was slightly crowded with cameras. This c ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Philippines Aggressor in Philippines/Visayas

Philippines Aggressor: "10 Days in Visayas", Jan, 2025,

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Dive Review of Philippines Aggressor in
Philippines/Visayas