Dive Review of Club Paradise Palawan in
Philippines/Dimakya Island, Palawan Island

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Club Paradise Palawan, Jan, 2014, by George Constantino, AK, USA ( Contributor 14 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 7511 has 2 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
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Comments	If you or your partner are looking for a laid back, great diving either before or after high intensity diving in the Philippines this is your place. The location, facilities, and staff were beautiful and just what we needed to chase away the winter blues. We loved our beach front cabin, white sand beaches, 83 degree water, and the 24 hour service. The meals are good (but not gourmet) served buffet style and provide a variety of local and seafood dishes. We loved the made to order pancakes, waffles, and egg dishes every morning. A three piece combo serenades dinners during dinner. The whole place has a nice feel to it and there were many families and couples there during the week we were here. The staff loved kids and provided day care for couples that wanted some diving or a romantic afternoon on one of the drop off beaches nearby. The dive staff are well trained, very experienced, and safety conscious. They take great care of you and go out of their way to facilitate a best dive possible every time. A dive master is always available to assist you in exploring the house reef. They take one 2 tank dive each day to local wrecks and/or great reefs nearby. DI Chris give my wife a top notch refresher course and check out dive and ensured that we had everything just right. DM Marvin was ever helpful to point out the coolest stuff during each dive and gentle in helping my wife get out of her BCD and onto the boat. Their rental equipment is first rate. Unfortunately the house reef took a big hit from the November 2014 typhoon but the diving at the nearby wrecks and reefs was excellent. We were blown away by the health of the staghorn & soft corals, as well as, the abundance of anemone and reef fish. We honestly felt like we were diving with the cast of Nemo every day. Diving the Kyokuzan Maru, a Japanese WWII ship bombed and sunk September 24, 1944 was a real treat for us - great corals, schooling fish, and easy and safe penetrations into the cargo and pilot house areas. While Club Paradise is not a "dive, dive, dive!" the diving is very romantic resort couple and a great place to get your diving groove back. If we ever return to the Philippines we'll make our first stop Club Paradise.
Websites	Club Paradise Palawan Club Paradise Palawan
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Alaska, California, Mexico, Georgia, Florida, Bahamas, Caymens
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, no currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Must dive with a dive master; use and honor dive computer, 50-60 minute bottom time
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	We're not photographers but we didn't see a special area on shore for camera care but they had separate buckets for cameras on the boats and they carefully handle cameras to and back from the photographers on the boat.

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Dive Review of Club Paradise Palawan in Philippines/Dimakya Island, Palawan Island

Club Paradise Palawan, Jan, 2014,

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Dive Review of Club Paradise Palawan in
Philippines/Dimakya Island, Palawan Island