Dive Review of Solitude One in
Philippines/Sulu Sea

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Solitude One: "Another Enjoyable Trip", Jun, 2017, by Bonnie McKenna, TX, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 9897.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This is our group's second trip aboard Solitude One to Tubbataha, Coron, Apo Reef, the Verde Island Passage and Anilao. All accommodations are clean and comfortable. Access to the dive boats was improved. Instead of an unsteady ladder, the aft area of the boat has been made into a huge dive deck. Easy to board and get off the dive boats. The boat has a large salon with comfortable seating, TV, snacks and beverages available and small library. Meals are served on the upper deck. There is a jacuzzi on the foredeck, it is not heated and the jets were not working...we only tried it once. The dive guides are all able and willing to assist where needed. The "cruise director " was a little overbearing, some say I am being too generous, it was a case of his unfamiliarity with the areas, except Tubbataha, and he made poor decisions despite what those of us, familiar with the area, told him. General consensus is: great boat, but never again with that "cruise director".
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Philippines, Palau, Chuuk, Yap, Thailand, Caribbean, so. California, Lembeh, Raja Empats, Guam, Thailand
Closest Airport	Palawan	Getting There	Fly from Manila to Palawan
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	No night dives
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Individual stations with ample electric outlets, good lighting, television set up for photo and video review.

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Dive Review of Solitude One in Philippines/Sulu Sea

Solitude One: "Another Enjoyable Trip", Jun, 2017,

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Dive Review of Solitude One in
Philippines/Sulu Sea