Dive Review of Acqua Resort & Dive Center in
Philippines/Dumaguete, Negros Island

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Acqua Resort & Dive Center: "A great small dive resort near Dumaguete, Philippines", Oct, 2017, by William A ring, CA, US ( 1 report with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9921 has 3 Helpful votes.
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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	A small (6 rooms)intimate resort about 30 minutes south of Dumaguete run by Sean Stone and his wife. It is directly across from Apo Island (about 30 minute boat ride). They served great food and the rooms were well thought out and very comfortable and had free wifi. Anna ran the dive operation very efficiently and was very friendly and had good advice on what to do and where to go. One of the great things about a small resort like this one is that my dive buddy and I often had the boat to ourselves. Our divemaster was usually Esmael who knew each site intimately and always found us the good stuff, large, small and tiny. The shoreline from the resort northerly to Dumaguete has numerous sites with great muck diving. Apo island has corals and many wonderful tropical fish. We also took a day trip to Oslob to dive with the whale sharks. Overall, it was a great experience and a wonderful resort and I would recommend it to anyone who likes quiet and great diving. [facebook.com link]
Websites	Acqua Resort & Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Cayman islands, Bonaire, Curacao, Belize, Chuuk, Yap, Palau, Indonesia, Fiji, Malaysia
Closest Airport	Dumaguete	Getting There	Easy, flights from Manila, Cebu and other Philippines airports
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-40 Ft/ 6-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	none
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	Dedicated camera rinse tanks on shore. The boat also had a large flat area midship to lay cameras and other equipment out of the sun. There was a camera rinse bucket on board.

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By Paul Petersen in Maluay Zamboanguita, PH at Jun 06, 2018 22:05 EST

Concur with all William mentioned above- Great operation, staff, facilities and food. Very welcoming and restful. A couple of additional notes for divers that we experienced and Sean's wife shared with us: 1) They have several pets and rescues at the resort that will hang around the pool and dinner area (cats and dogs) 2) The resort, like many in the Dauin/Zamboanguita area there are not other night spots/restaurants close by, it is really an eat, sleep, and dive place- not an issue for most UC subscribers but she mentioned it often is a complaint of other guests. 3) Since they are close to Apo and it offers great snorkeling there they do have many groups go. They will prioritize the divers for best locations but something to be aware of. Many of their trips are to Apo so on those days it is shore diving the awesome house reef or they will secure another boat with a minimum number of divers (4 I think) Esmael is a terrific spotter!

By Paul Petersen in Maluay Zamboanguita, PH at Jun 08, 2018 04:22 EST

Found out from the owners that they will do coastal diving with 2 divers as long as it is 3 dives

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Dive Review of Acqua Resort & Dive Center in Philippines/Dumaguete, Negros Island

Acqua Resort & Dive Center: "A great small dive resort near Dumaguete, Philippines", Oct, 2017,

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Dive Review of Acqua Resort & Dive Center in
Philippines/Dumaguete, Negros Island