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Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Azores and Dumagette", Aug, 2018, by Jack Bernstein, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10532 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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This is a report about a combined Azores and Dumagette Trip. We essentially circled Cebu, ending up back at Dumagette for 4 days. The boat is showing it’s age and some of the cabins are small. Diving was almost exclusively by Zodiac BUT each Zodiac had a ladder to get back in. Zodiac drivers were usually attentive. Early in the trip, one group wasn’t picked up for 30 minutes. They weren’t happy. Our group was all photographers, with a median age in the late 60s. We found that they tried to push 5 dives a day. This was too much and, after the first dive, subsequent dives kept getting pushed back. It was changed to 4 dives a day. Off Azores, we saw the usual tropical fish. Highlights included a trevally fish ball and the Thresher dive. Our first dive was with the Whale sharks at Oslob. This was a disappointment because vis was poor and we should have snorkeled and not dived. At Dumagette, muck diving is the thing and it doesn’t disappoint. Lots of tiny critters. I didn’t go on the optional Apo Island Trip but others did, and enjoyed it.
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Galapagos, Philippines, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, Costa Rica, Bonaire, St. Lucia, Florida, SanDiego, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Kitts, Statia, Cancun, Cozumel, Indonesia
Closest Airport	Dumagette	Getting There	In general, get to Manila, do an overnight and then direct flight on Cebu Pacific or Philippines air
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	None really except on Thresher dive. They’d like you up in about an hour.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	On land, the camera room was great. On the boat, we had one table and it did get crowded. The charge stations were in a corridor leading to the dining room. Adequate but tight. The staff handled the cameras well.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Philippines/Cebu

Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Azores and Dumagette", Aug, 2018,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
Philippines/Cebu