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Magic Island & Magic Oceans/https://magicresorts.online: "Magic Island/Magic Oceans Combo: Very Good Diving!", Jan, 2023, by Michael Wood, WA, US ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 12333 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	After 3 years of Covid delays, our group of 14 finally made it to the Philippines. Magic Island on Cebu Island (Moalboal area) was our first stop for 6 dive days. All flew into Cebu but from various other Asian hubs. Consensus was to avoid Manila and Philippines Air, both being disorganized and inconvenient. Flying into/out of Manila requires luggage claiming, tight connections and a taxi ride from a distant terminal to the other. We chose land based resorts to avoid the Petrie dish of liveaboards with Covid, back in 2020. Proof of vaccination and filling out an online e-travel app required for entry. Mask use inconsistent in transit, none used at either resort, which is all open air, of course. I dove Magic Island 12 years ago and remembered the plethora of frogfish, ghost pipefish, soft corals, nudis and a sardine swarm out by Pescador Island. The typhoon that blew through Dec. 2021 significantly damaged the reefs around Magic Island, though we were able to get to the less damaged ones and visit the sardine swarm t ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Magic Island & Magic Oceans https://magicresorts.online
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Indonesia, Maldives, PNG, GBR, Philippines, Hawai'i
Closest Airport	Cebu	Getting There	Through any Asian/Middle East hub.
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Loosely enforced 55-65 minute dives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 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	Lots of outlets in rooms. Magic Oceans had a camera room in the dive shop, which I never used. Staff handled gear carefully and carried my big rig out the long ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

Report currently has 2 Helpful votes

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By Norbert Melnick in CA, US at Jul 07, 2024 15:59 EST

I would like to know how the house reef was and the temp of the water.

By report author: Michael Wood in WA, US at Jul 07, 2024 18:35 EST

I never dove the house reef nor do I remember if my buddies did. I imagine it’s ok but not great. Water temp was 80F virtually every dive.

By Jason O'Rourke in CA, US at Jul 15, 2024 20:23 EST

House Reef at MI was fun and had lots, but could be very shallow with low tide. You want booties and matching fins here as you might walk 100 yards. Also an issue for day dives getting to boat. At MO, they ran the boat every night, so never did the 'house reef.'

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Dive Review of Magic Island & Magic Oceans/https://magicresorts.online in Philippines/Magic Island & Magic Oceans

Magic Island & Magic Oceans/https://magicresorts.online: "Magic Island/Magic Oceans Combo: Very Good Diving!", Jan, 2023,

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