Dive Review of Magic Island Dive Resort, Moalboal in
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Magic Island Dive Resort, Moalboal: "Moalboal diving is OK", Apr, 2018, by masako satake, FL, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10295 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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
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Comments	Our flight from Atlanta to Tokyo (Narita) was 6 hours late. We missed connection to Manila and ended up losing a whole day of diving at this resort. However, we didn’t feel too bad about the loss after diving there for a few days. Diving was good but not great to spend a week in Moalboal. The famous sardine run and house reef dives were enjoyable. We were lucky to be there in a slow week. We were often the only divers on our dive boat, and our diver-to-guide ratio was excellent 2:1. The resort has no camera room. We did our camera work in our room. The room was basic but clean and sufficient. The tight bathroom reminded us of a liveaboard, and to our surprise, there was a no-toilet-paper-flush policy, which we’ve seen on a few liveaboards but never at a land-based resort. Wi-Fi internet connection was sometimes weak but generally decent. Dining was outdoors, and we had to ask for a portable fan to be turned our way for cooling and to chase mosquitoes during dinner time. Dining service was Philippine style (pleasant but slow). The resort charged a 5% surcharge for using a credit card to settle on-site expenses, the highest rate we’ve ever encountered. After checking out the resort, we did two whale shark dives in early morning before moving on to the next dive destination in Negros Island. Upon arriving at the famous whale shark feeding site in Oslob, we saw a scary number (hundreds?) of snorkelers on boats waiting for their turn to swim with the giant creatures. But, once we started diving, we had fun watching and photographing up to 5 whale sharks (juveniles) for an hour per dive. We’ve seen many whale sharks in the past, mostly while snorkeling, and never had a chance to photograph them with an upward angle. This turned out to be the highlight of this trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Worldwide
Closest Airport	Cebu	Getting There	Philippine Airlines from Manila to Cebu
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	-84°F / -29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	60-20 Ft/ 18-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Report currently has 2 Helpful votes

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By Robert J Loring in PA, US at May 05, 2019 14:07 EST

Pescador Island is the highlight dive site at MoalBoal and should be part of the dive itinerary there always. Enjoy!

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Dive Review of Magic Island Dive Resort, Moalboal in Philippines

Magic Island Dive Resort, Moalboal: "Moalboal diving is OK", Apr, 2018,

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Dive Review of Magic Island Dive Resort, Moalboal in
Philippines