Dive Review of Vascots in
Philippines/Subic Bay

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Vascots, Jan, 2011, by R Villemarette, VA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 5995.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	First of all this is bay diving and the water clarity can range from good to non-existent. On one of our dives we had another diver panic when he hit the low vis water and he aborted his dive. We continued to explore a wreck but only because we had several previous dives where the initial entry phase there was almost no vis but opened up as we went deeper. The dive operator did not rate very high with me with two half full tanks and one bad o ring you really had to pay attention as the operator was not. In terms of coolness we had one dive where we did an end to end wreck penetration that was high on the fun factor and another one on the York where because it was so silty you could barely make out the huge cannons on the ship. Subic is clearly worth a visit as it has plenty of wrecks to explore but I would make it a long weekend and not a week.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	5-30 Ft/ 2-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Vascots in Philippines/Subic Bay

Vascots, Jan, 2011,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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

Dive Review of Vascots in
Philippines/Subic Bay