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Thank's for sharing, looks like one of the top places in the Philippines

I have a Cressi Travel Light, and I’m very happy with it. I bought it because I travel thousands of miles every year where I want to minimise the weight and volume. It is foldable with lock straps and can be packed in its own soft bag the size of a supermarket shopping plastic bag so you can...

We would of course like a white beach the likes of Malapascua, but we can live with less as long as we are close to the water. By the looks of it BruceoFilipinas would fulfil the beach requirement.

Thank’s Guys. Yes you are right to be more specific; the price level we are expecting is around USD1500 for10 days. We would like to be near the beach in a resort which has restaurant/bar, dive shop, accommodation with aircon and can provide the dive guide and also have nitrox. If they can...

Thank's DevonDiver, So you can recommend Portulano, any other suggestions or would you say this is one of the better resorts? How is diving in Anilao, My better half is not very experienced, so easy dives is what we would like to do.

Hello fellow Divers, We (my better half and me) are going to Anilao to do some diving mid June and are thinking of diving through Portulano Dive Resort and are planning to stay there for about a week. Do any of you have any experience with this dive resort with regards to diving, accommodations...

I had MK11 - R195 as my first reg set-up, and as many here says it is not a good combo with 1 stage as balanced and 2nd stage as simple downstream. Don't buy such a combo you will regret it sooner rather than later. I changed to MK17 - S600 after 6 dives and wooow what a difference. My better...

Welcome to scubaboard. There are a lotof good dive sites on the Philippines, concentrating on the Visyas area as youare flying to (and from) Cebu, then I will suggest the following doing a 'roundtrip': First you go to Malapasqua Island, that's a couple of hours travel from CebuCity and the...

Great post. You had a bottom to rest on what if you had been on wall dive with a 1000ft to the bottom and you beging to plunge rapidly? I think I will consider to add a lift bag or similar to my standard equipment for wall dives and the likes.

I'm one of those who prefer fullfoot fins due to the comfort these offer. Mares Avanti Superchanel is my favorite, as they are fairly compact which makes them good for air travels, however if you if you are happy with the Quattro fins then go for for Mares Avanti Quattro Power fullfoot version...

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Ardy, Yes your partner can do some good snorkling with Mike's in Dauin. There are good snorkling sites from the white beach at Apo Island and if you get a trip to Sumilon Island, about an hour and a half east of Dauin by boat, there you should be able to snorkel with juventile whale sharks they...

Dauin (with Mike's) for incredible muck/macro and great reef diving at Apo Island, as Mantra says, I will also recomend that including Mike Beach Resort, excelent diving, easy access to and from Manila, very friendly people and good shopping and arkets if you or your wife takes a day off from...

Hi, No not member of any club. I do almost all diving on the Philippines, measured the water temp. 31 deg C in June on Palawan Island, that's proper tropic diving. I did my OW referral at Aberdeen Watersports as well as my EFR and then I occationally test my equipment before a dive holiday in...

Yeah, tropic waters can be fantastic, are you planning to dive around Aberdeen? I have done two dives in Rosehearty and that's a bit too cold for me.

I would say the Philippines. The Phils. have a very good and developed dive industry. As mentioned Malapasqua would be a good choise, dive operators are; Sea-Explorer, Thresher Shark Divers, SeaQuest, amongst others. They all either have or can help you with accommodations transportations etc...

I have done quite some courses and yes there are (quite)some instructors you do not feel comfortable with. I suggest you do it as a referral, pool training and theori where you you are and then go somewhere nice tropic water and do the open water dives. Contact different dive resorts, and tell...

Thanks both, Well both Leyte and Coron, as well as Alona Beach are places I would like tovisit at some stage. If we stay with Coron for the time bieng, any recommendationsfor resorts which can accommodate airport pick-up, Nitrox, accommodations etc. and have some "personality" i.e. I’m a...

Thank's It looks like I should be heading somewhere else on the Philippines when I go there in June, what's your favorite places, I have been in Dauin/Apo Island, Moalboal and Malapasqua a couple of times so Im was looking for some new places, any suggestions.

As you say, you know pretty well what you (and Son) should have done, and you found out how frustrating it can be when you and your buddy are too far from each other when you need to communicate. Well lessons learnt. One thing I would suggest is that you get your own equipment including a...