Dive Review of Wellbeach Dive Resort/same in
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Wellbeach Dive Resort/same: "Less Expensive Option for Diving in Dumaguete/Dauin", Jul, 2022, by John Crossley, FL, US ( Sr. Contributor 28 reports with 10 Helpful votes). Report 11991 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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	Wellbeach Dive Resort is located about a 15 minute drive south of the Dauin based resorts, so it is a lot closer to Apo Island. The resort has only about 13 rooms which are located really close to the pool, restaurant, and dive center. Rooms are in a two story building that looks like a U.S. motel. However, they are comfortably funished and clean. Mine had a great AC, a mini-fridge, and tv, but I could not get the shower hot water to work. Breakfast is included with the room and other meals can be purchased individually or part of a meal plan. Even the most expensive entre is available for dinner on that plan, and there are many good choices. I was pleasantly surprized how good the pizza was. However, lunch sandwiches packed for two and three tank dive trips, were pretty basic. Muck diving here is much like in Dauin, but the sand is not as dark. Most of the same macro critters can be found here, including frog fish, ornate ghost pipefish, coral crabs, cleaner shrimps, nudibranchs, orangutan crabs, etc. However, we did not see any wonderpus or harliquin shrimp here. On the other hand, our guide found an extreemly rare large orange sea hare in shallow water right below our boat. We could not find it in any of three "critter books." The excellent dive guide, Khokoy, had seen that type once once before in several thousand dives. The dive boat is a typical Philippine panga with outriggers on either side. The boat had plenty of shade, fresh water rinse tanks for cameras, drinking water, mangos or banana snacks, and an marine restroom. Boat crew were very helpful for gearing up and taking our dive gear as we came up the ladder. One day we went to Apo Island for a three tank trip. Along the walls there, we saw turtles every dive and they were not very shy of divers. One site, Laragahan Point (spelling?) has lots of bubbles rising up through the sand. I was told they came undeground from an old volcano at least 10 miles away. Corals on the walls at Apo Island were not in as good condition as I remember from years back. Currents along the wall were mild. There were a lot of small tropical fish, but not much big stuff. Visability at Apo was in the 80-100 ft range compared to 30-50 ft on the local muck dives. I think that the Wellbeach Dive Resort is a really great value. My 15 dives, 7 nights lodging, meals, and transfer came to about $1000 U.S. It's not the most fancy, but the the excellent staff and great macro diving makes the Wellbeach Dive Resort a very good choice.
Websites	Wellbeach Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Fiji, Truck, Yap, Palau, Bali, Lembeh, Hawaii, Florida, Red Sea, Soloman Islands, PNG, Caymans, Bonaire, BVI, Philippines and others
Closest Airport	Dumaguete	Getting There	Connect to Dumaguete flights from Manila or Cebu. Resort will arrange transfers.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	84-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	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	Camera rinse tanks on board at at the dive center. There is not a dedicated camera room, so you do charging and cleaning in your room.

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Dive Review of Wellbeach Dive Resort/same in Philippines/Dumaguete/Dauin

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