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Atlantis Dive Resorts, Oct, 2013, by Steve Giles, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 7348.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This trip encompassed a ten day stay at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. Our package included boat trips to "Apo" and "Fire" islands. Both of these islands are inhabited and there was a scarcity of medium to large reef fish. -- Obviously both islands are overfished by the locals. Corals at the islands were healthy and plentiful. Highlights of the dives at Apo were a couple of swimming krates. A day snorkel trip to the island of Cebu to see whale sharks at a cost of $90.00 per diver is well worth the money. We had seven or eight large whale sharks in the water at one time. What an experience! Diving near the resort is "muck diving". Lots of small interesting critters to see: blue ring octopus, mantis shrimp, mandarin fish, frog fish, snake eels, garden eels, etc. I'm not sure about this but, I may just have the only video footage in existence of mating blue ring octopi.
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cozumel, Playa Del Carmen, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Caymens, Hawaii, Palau, Fiji, Maldives, Bay Islands, Loreto, Mulije
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-85°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All diving done in the company of a dive master / guide.
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	I developed a new pet peeve during this trip concerning u/w photographers. Several that I saw, and unfortunately dove with, were carrying a large camera system with strobe(s) in one hand and a metal rod about 8-12"long in the other. These divers must have all attended the same u/w photograph class (doubtful) but their technique was the same. They endeavored to control buoyancy by overweighting themselves, giving several flutter kicks from the hip which launched them through the water just off the bottom and arresting their decent by jamming the metal rod into the muck, coral or whatever happened to be beneath them on that particular dive. This technique has the duel effect of mucking up the visibility for trailing divers and ruining the day of whatever organism or critter happened to fall beneath the point of their rod each time they utilized it. It was impossible for these divers to get lost underwater as they laid down a silt trail that even a blind diver could follow. Divers: PLEASE, before you undertake a new underwater skill such as photography, be sure that your basic skills (in this case bouncy control)are mastered.

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By Jon Anderson in AZ, US at Nov 07, 2013 08:52 EST

Please, oh, please post that video of the mating blue-ringed octopi on u-tube!!! Lucky you!

By report author: Steve Giles in CA, US at Nov 07, 2013 22:17 EST

I haven't had a chance to download anything yet. Have never submitted anything to U-tube but considering it.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Philippines/Dumaguete

Atlantis Dive Resorts, Oct, 2013,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
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