Dive Review of Atmosphere Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete

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Atmosphere Resort, May, 2013, by David Dornbusch, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 7003.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Macro heaven at sandy bottom “muck” dives, with some beautiful hard and soft corals, at numerous sites mostly within 5-10 minute boat rides from the resort. Numerous sightings of ornate ghost pipefish, plus robust ghost pipes, some with eggs, spiny devilfish, orangutan crab, numerous seahorses and flamboyant cuttlefish approachable within inches, several varieties of small shrimps and crabs, ringed pipefish, numerous mashing and spearing mantis shrimps, frogfish of various colors and sizes, varieties of scorpion fish (including a number of leaf scorpion), many-many and varied nudibranchs, jawfish (some with eggs in their mouths), spiny devilfish, and sea moths. More I can't remember. Nearby sites also larger critters, including octopus (mimic, hairy, oscillated, wonderpus, and blue ringed), sweetlips of all ages, flying gurnards, flounders, various lionfish, kraits, turtles, puffers, groupers, eels (snake, moray, blue ribbon, and garden). Garden eels were larger, higher out of the sand, and approachable within a few inches. Shrimpfish, one school too many to count. Turtles, giant clams, schools of barracuda and jacks. Night dive for mandarin fish and a “fluoro dive” at the house reef. Nearby areas also had some very healthy hard and soft coral and sponges, anemone and anemone fish. Apo Island (a 30-40 minute ride) had abundant healthy hard and soft corals, sea fans, anemones, many nudibranchs, along steep and deep walls and plateaus. Many turtles and large schools of jacks and smaller reef fish, as well as some of the unusual critters as at the “muck dive” sites. The resort is in a magnificent setting, has beautiful accommodations, excellent food, and the friendliest staff I've experienced anywhere. May was a perfect time to visit, following the windy season, when the sea can be choppy, and before the rainy season. 3 mm wetsuit fine. Although brought our own gear, rent top quality equipment. Post a "menu" of four different nearby dive sites every day, or Apo Island trip, plus night dives, and land excursions. No extra charge for nitrox.
Websites	Atmosphere Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos, Red Sea, Tonga, Fiji, Palau, Yap, Tahiti, Borneo, Hawaii, Belize, Cozumel, Roatan, Caymans, British Virgins, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-85°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Atmosphere Resort in Philippines/Dumaguete

Atmosphere Resort, May, 2013,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Atmosphere Resort in
Philippines/Dumaguete