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Hello all,
I am doing some research about a 2 month DM internship in the Phillippines. It is absolutely overwhelming the amount of fantastic diving there is in the Philippines which makes it very hard to choose a location to do a DM course. I plan on setting my sights on an area and going there to dive with a couple different companies before I commit to where I will do my course at. Here is the list of things that are high priorities to me.
1.) Quality instructing (I want the most rigorous course I can find.)
2.) Variety of diving (I don't want to just dive muck for 2 months. I am talking about somewhere with large pelagics, walls, drifts, nice reefs, macro, etc..)
3.) Price
I am not that concerned with the night life around the area as I will be in the water or around the resort for most of the time.
Here are some of the places I am mostly considering.
1.) Puerto Galera
2.) Dumaguete
3.) Malapascua? (Idk some people say all there is are thresher sharks and some say it has fantastic reef diving as well)
I hear that Atlantis is a good operator that has locations in both puerto galera and Dumaguete but these are only from customers and not DMTs.
Its mainly between Puerto Galera and Dumaguete but I am open to other suggestions as well. I dove in Bali and Komodo Indonesia a few months ago and it was some of the best diving I have ever seen. Will these places in the Philippines be as good or should I pay a little extra for a ticket to Bali and do my DM in somewhere like Bali, Gili Islands, or Komodo.
As you can now tell, I am quite lost in this decision. Any insight into the philippines, DM internship tips, southeast asia diving as a whole will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and happy diving!!
I am doing some research about a 2 month DM internship in the Phillippines. It is absolutely overwhelming the amount of fantastic diving there is in the Philippines which makes it very hard to choose a location to do a DM course. I plan on setting my sights on an area and going there to dive with a couple different companies before I commit to where I will do my course at. Here is the list of things that are high priorities to me.
1.) Quality instructing (I want the most rigorous course I can find.)
2.) Variety of diving (I don't want to just dive muck for 2 months. I am talking about somewhere with large pelagics, walls, drifts, nice reefs, macro, etc..)
3.) Price
I am not that concerned with the night life around the area as I will be in the water or around the resort for most of the time.
Here are some of the places I am mostly considering.
1.) Puerto Galera
2.) Dumaguete
3.) Malapascua? (Idk some people say all there is are thresher sharks and some say it has fantastic reef diving as well)
I hear that Atlantis is a good operator that has locations in both puerto galera and Dumaguete but these are only from customers and not DMTs.
Its mainly between Puerto Galera and Dumaguete but I am open to other suggestions as well. I dove in Bali and Komodo Indonesia a few months ago and it was some of the best diving I have ever seen. Will these places in the Philippines be as good or should I pay a little extra for a ticket to Bali and do my DM in somewhere like Bali, Gili Islands, or Komodo.
As you can now tell, I am quite lost in this decision. Any insight into the philippines, DM internship tips, southeast asia diving as a whole will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and happy diving!!
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