Dive Review of Atlantis Beach Resort in
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Atlantis Beach Resort, Mar, 2007, by Michael N. Hofman, CA, USA ( Sr. Contributor 25 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 3273.
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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
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	After reading the glowing review in Undercurrent about the two dive locations of Atlantis Beach Resort, we decided to give it a try. For the most part it was an enjoyable trip; certain components of the dive operation were surprising and made the diving a little awkward and cumbersome. The resort is great -- rooms wonderful, food and service way above average. The dive operation is set up very well, with labels for all the gear so that staff can move them to the boat or shore location easily and keep track of them. THe dive operation is managed by the German fellow who is a little too controlling for our taste....The local dive guides/masters were excellent but not able to deliver the type of service that makes sense...After several dives that the dive master gave the "thumbs - up" (dive over) at around 50 minutes, I complained about why. Turns out that the dive boat may carry anywhere from 5 to 20 divers and the gentleman in charge doesn't want his schedule disrupted. Things loosened up a little after several of us complained -- there were actually several 65 minute dives.. Nonetheless, much of the diving was interesting with many small things to see -- my first black frog fish (4 of them), many cuttle fish (including my first flamboyant cuttle fish), sea horses, tons of nudibranchs, dwarf frog fish, octopus and so on. Actually saw schools of small jacks and other small schools in the preserves which start and stop with a great deal of frequency along the beach. So the diving was better than I thought it would be, the resort (especially the food) was top notch and the once we negotiated on dive times, diving was very good. We did two day trips which were interesting but slightly over rated. If you can them to go to the coconut factory wharf, do it as there is incredible assortment of life there. And the house reef has a mandarian fish population too!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Caribbean, Thailand, PNG, Bali, Hawaii, other Indonesia, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	very stringent restrictions on diving for first part of the trip -- no more than 50 -55 minutes. After some conversations, the restrictions loosened up a bit.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
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	one separate wash tank in the dive shop but no other facilities

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Dive Review of Atlantis Beach Resort in Philippines/Dumaguete (Negros)

Atlantis Beach Resort, Mar, 2007,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Beach Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete (Negros)