jeremyl
Contributor
I am planning a trip to Coron. First trip to this area. Coming from US through Manila. Plan is to dive Coron for ~6 days starting May 1. Advise on where to stay and who to dive with would be much appreciated. Going with a friend who was recommended Dugong Dive Center, but would welcome dive op recommendations.
Dive wise I guess the idea is wrecks (honestly I am a macro & colorful coral fan myself and not too into wrecks, but diving is all great and this is said to be tops for wrecks, so thats what we will do). Accommodation-wise looking for somewhat budget. I guess you can do $20/nt easily it seems. We could budget more than that, but no $100+/nt/pp deluxe places. Just nice, clean, well run, and good location. Seems the cozy cabana on the beach is not the way here - but if an extra $15US/nt gets you something special we would spring for that.
I am pretty confused by all the different areas. Seems you can have long distance between sites no matter where you base yourself. Is there a best-place to be based to be close enough to dive sites for a week? Or will you usually be on 45min - 1hr+ rides from "resort" to dive site?
My dive buddy will be returning to the US on May 7 but I could manage another week in the area (taking the summer off work)... so I am wondering what more to do. To keep flights simple I would want easy transfers from Manila (or Coron). Is there someplace easy for me to transfer to and get a different sense of the area? I would be a single diver, so someplace accommodating that. If there are some places with macro/color/coral/etc I would like to check that out.
Also, what is the weather like this time of year? What type wetsuit to bring?
Dive wise I guess the idea is wrecks (honestly I am a macro & colorful coral fan myself and not too into wrecks, but diving is all great and this is said to be tops for wrecks, so thats what we will do). Accommodation-wise looking for somewhat budget. I guess you can do $20/nt easily it seems. We could budget more than that, but no $100+/nt/pp deluxe places. Just nice, clean, well run, and good location. Seems the cozy cabana on the beach is not the way here - but if an extra $15US/nt gets you something special we would spring for that.
I am pretty confused by all the different areas. Seems you can have long distance between sites no matter where you base yourself. Is there a best-place to be based to be close enough to dive sites for a week? Or will you usually be on 45min - 1hr+ rides from "resort" to dive site?
My dive buddy will be returning to the US on May 7 but I could manage another week in the area (taking the summer off work)... so I am wondering what more to do. To keep flights simple I would want easy transfers from Manila (or Coron). Is there someplace easy for me to transfer to and get a different sense of the area? I would be a single diver, so someplace accommodating that. If there are some places with macro/color/coral/etc I would like to check that out.
Also, what is the weather like this time of year? What type wetsuit to bring?