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Diving Reviews of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines

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Crystal Blue Resort   Anilao   "Macro and Blackwater clinic"
We stayed a week and a half, for a macro photo class and blackwater class. This was setup through Backscatter. Photo and blackwater... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2024   Joel Horie
250+ Dives 		Photos available 
Crystal Blue Resort       "Consistently excellent, epecially for photographers"
This was our (my wife and me) 5th stay at CBR and we find it to be consistently excellent. This is especially the case for UW pho... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2024   David W Allen
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Crystal Blue Resort   Anilao   "A great place for muck diving."
This was my second trip to Crystal Blue in 2 years (and my buddy and I have already booked at trip for 2025). My buddy and I both... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2024   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Crystal Blue Resort   Anilao   "Great muck diving, great photo instruction, great price."
I am a fan of muck diving and macro photography. Anilao had been on my bucket list for years, but, somehow, I had never had the o... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2023   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Crystal Blue Resort   Anilao   "Awesome Macro Photo Workshop at a well appointed dive Resort"
This was a macro photo workshop sponsored by Blue Water Photo with two excellent instructors in Erik Luka and Dan Bishop. However... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2023   Gerald Canning
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
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Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Excellent Resort and Dive Operation"
I really enjoyed this trip! After a 2- hour van ride south from Manila I arrived at Crystal Blue Resort. It is situated on the side... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2022   Thomas Callen
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "CBR--A Macro Wonderland"
After a 2 1/ 2 van ride from Manila, I arrived at the Crystal Blue Resort (CBR) in Anilao on June 24 for a 10 night stay. It was th... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2022   Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives 		Photos available 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   [N/A]Anilao   "Excellent diving, emphasis on photographers, better service if big SLR"
Beautiful resort with excellent food, very helpful staff. Camera room is amazing, temp controlled and over a dozen stations set up... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
10/2019   Susan Molchan
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "More critters than anywhere I've been!"
I have never seen so many critters packed into one location before, including Indonesia, etc! In one dive at Octo Point we saw sev... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2019   Mark Etter
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "photo course and fine diving"
I attended a May 20- 30 photo workshop hosted by Mike Bartick and Brook Peterson to get new ideas and improve my photography. The c... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2019   Frederick R. Turoff
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report       "Crystal Blue Resort sets high standards"
Attended a 10day underwater photo workshop with Mike Bartick. The 10days were intense with morning photo review, brief tips to try... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2019   Laurie Pemberton
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "A Different Perspective Than Most"
This is our 7th trip to the Philippines, but our first to Anilao. We chose this hotel as it was recommended by our guide in Puert... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2019   Rose Mueller
1000+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Great Muck Diving in Anilao"
Anilao is like Lembeh with less trash. Crystal Blue does diving from bangkas, small flat- bottomed wooden boats with dual outrigge... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2018   Mark Rosenstein
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Pacific   "Crystal Blue Resort"
Crystal Blue is a nice resort and has a beautiful camera room for your use for camera charging, lens changes, etc between dives. ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
12/2017   Patricia A. Sinclair
500+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Loved Crystal Blue and Anilao"
Went to Crystal Blue Resort with a large group of photographers looking to do some muck diving and photograph critters over 10 nig... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2017   Annette Lohman
500+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Outstanding Muck Dving, Great Resort!"
This surely is one of the top places in the world for muck diving and macro photography! The diversity of strange, unearthly creat... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2017   Tom Baker
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Anilao is Big on the Small Stuff"
Anilao is famous for muck diving and when you go muck diving you expect to see weird stuff. We were not disappointed! We flew n... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2016   Eric Eckes
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Great Macro Photography!"
Excellent destination for diverse macro photography. The resort caters to dive photographers with its dive guide “spotters”. As ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
10/2016   Tim
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Crystal Blue Dive Resort - Anilao"
We did a split trip to the Philippines - 5 days in Anilao and 7 days across the bay in Puerto Galera at Atlantis. We were there t... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
2/2016   BRUCE VERSTEEGH
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Photography workshop in critter haven"
This was a photo workshop trip with Bluewater Travel out of Los Angeles. The destination is really outstanding for photography - ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
12/2014   Lisa C. Evans
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort/ Crystal Blue Full report   Anilao   "Crystal Blue, Anilao, Philippines"
After a 14 hour flight from LAX to Manila direct we drove about 2 and 1/ 2 hours to the resort built on the side of a hill. My nic... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
10/2015   Anne Warburton
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "critters and chilly water in Anilao,.Luzon, Pillipines"
Lots of stair climbing. Water was cold LOTS OF STAIR ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2015   Dr Don Major
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report       "Good for MACRO"
The only negatives here are the long bus ride from Manila and getting on and off pangas for diving. But the DMs do a great job of... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
4/2015   Helena Soler
250+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report       "Close, but no cigar"
First the good: In my opinion the Anilao area of the Philippines offers about the best muck diving on the planet. It's definitel... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
12/2014   Dan Benson
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "A well-kept secret that offers many types of diving"
When a planned trip to Africa was postponed a year, we were left with non- refundable airline tickets that we needed to use before ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2014   Greg White
250+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   "Great Macro Shots - Anilao"
Crystal Blue Resort arranged for boats, crew and divermasters to accommodate the small group there focused on UW photos. We had th... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2013   Mr Franklin Mah
100+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   Anilao beckoned once more, and I could not resist a return trip to the land of Nudi's and other esoteric critters. No disappointm... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2014   Jeanne Reeder
500+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   ALL GOOD. . . DIVING, RESORT, & FOOD. NO SURPRISES. ALL WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN. DIVING WAS EXCELLENT WITH LOTS OF VARIETY CLOSE TO THE RES... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2014   Gail M King
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   anilao   Diving primarily muck, not much wide- angle photography. Night dives very good. Layering of wetsuits advised as temps had some... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2013   Deborah Berglund
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao   Crystal Blue Resort is a relatively new property being developed under the direction of Mike Bartick, an engaging and ambitious Am... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2013   William R Kimlinger
500+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao, Batangas   We are planning on returning to Crystal Blue. There is a maximum of four divers per guide, and the photo subjects and corals are o... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2013   Dan Clements
1000+ Dives 		 
Crystal Blue Resort Full report   Anilao, Batangas   Great macro, over- priced everything. First, the diving. Visibility was low, as a result of it being at the tail end of the rainy... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2011   Carl D Scott
250+ Dives 		 
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