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Seaquest Dive Center/Hannah's Place, Apr, 2007, by Gayle & Bob Bringas, OR, USA ( Contributor 13 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 3413.
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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	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Due to travel agent error, we were booked at Hannah's Place instead of Sumisid Lodge. Sumisid is attached to the dive center. Hannah's Place is a five-minute walk to the dive shop. The dive package was two dives a day and three meals, so we walked back and forth five times a day. The full-board plan is buffets at the Sumisid Lodge. Food was plentiful, Asian/Filipino dishes a majority of the time. Hannah's Place is on the beach and has five rooms arranged around a private courtyard with air conditioning, minibar, plenty of storage. We stayed seven days in Moalboal prior to the dive safari. For us, that was 2 or 3 days too many. Diving was done either from bangka or skiff, depending on how many dive groups there were. The skiffs are easier to dive from: faster to the dive sites, back roll entry, dive ladder exit after handing up all your gear. The bangka is slower, the deck was too high for a back roll entry and too rocky for a giant stride, so we did side-roll entries. The exit ladder was fine, but the crew member had to climb down the ladder if you were going to hand up more than your fins. To board the bangka, a plank was angled from the beach to the bow. The boat crew was always willing to give you a steadying hand. The dives were all wall dives. Slight current, 50-60 foot visibility, 83-84 degree water, no Nitrox, 60-70 minute dives, always dive as a group with dive guide. Encountered lots of jelly fish on one dive at Tongo Point. Dive sites were put on the white board and divers signed up for the site they wanted. If a diver wanted a particular site, others had to sign up as well in order for the dive to go. Usually, four to six divers were needed.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	North Sulawesi, Raja Ampat, Bali, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Red Sea, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Palau, Truck, Tahiti, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-60 Ft/ 15-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Guided dives only
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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	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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