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sentlon
June 3rd, 2012, 08:45 AM
i am going to Malapascua for 3 days diving trip on the early of July, would like to know which dive center should i try.
personal prefer dive center with reasonable price and we do not care about how fancy facilities they have, we just in a little tide budget on this diving trip.
pls recommend any of them you guys know, thanks!
ocdiver1
June 3rd, 2012, 08:51 AM
Every time I've gone to Malapascua I've dove with Malapascua Exotic...always been happy from the first visit so never was a reason to look elsewhere...but am also very price conscious and they were competitive with anyone else I looked into.
Hydreliox
June 4th, 2012, 05:49 AM
Are you asking for a good dive shop which is reasonably priced...or are you asking for any cheap dive shop? There is a big difference in value between the two!
sentlon
June 4th, 2012, 09:51 AM
good dive shop with reasonable price.
Are you asking for a good dive shop which is reasonably priced...or are you asking for any cheap dive shop? There is a big difference in value between the two!
uberdude
June 4th, 2012, 01:00 PM
Evolution gets my 2 thumbs up. But I'm bias, we've had 2 great visits there and will visit again. Great staff/DM's and one of the best dive shops I've dived with anywhere. The Craic Bar is pretty cool as well!!! Hydreliox will have a bit more local knowledge having worked on Malapascua, what ever you choose he could give honest feed back on most Dive Op's there (sorry for dobbing you in).
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Oh I forgot to mention I don't think you'll save money on your diving no matter what Dive shop you choose, they're all reasonable in price the variation isn't going to be where you save money over 3 days of diving. You'll save your money on accommodation and transfers. Where ever you choose I'm sure the dive op you choose, can suggest cheaper accommodation options. As for transfers look at the Ceres buses to get from Cebu to Maya, and a local boat from Maya to Malapascua. Transfer can cost you $5 USD or $100 USD, just depends on how much your time is worth.
Hydreliox
June 4th, 2012, 08:06 PM
All I'm hearing (and all I ever see on here) when Malapascua is mentioned, is go to Evolution. TSD and Sea Ex would be the next to try on my list, if I didn't already have a home away from home. Grub is pretty damn good at Evolution too (still the best daal I've ever had). Plenty of accommodation to be had on the island. What time of year are you going? If its relatively soon (low season) then it might be worth showing up and seeing what you can get. If your trip is in high season then arrange it in advance. Either way drop a few shops a line and see what you get a feel for.
Evolution generally gets the vote around here though :)
Napp
June 4th, 2012, 11:03 PM
TSD,Exotic, Sea Ex all of these dive centers are 5 stars IDC, if you don't prefer a luxury one. I recommend "Divelink Cebu" to be one of your choice. ;)
sentlon
June 5th, 2012, 06:34 PM
TSD,Exotic, Sea Ex all of these dive centers are 5 stars IDC, if you don't prefer a luxury one. I recommend "Divelink Cebu" to be one of your choice. ;)
i have check the dive rates from Divelink, it cost similar with the evolution and others 5 star dive center.
Napp
June 5th, 2012, 09:52 PM
i have check the dive rates from Divelink, it cost similar with the evolution and others 5 star dive center.
Dive rate all island round I think not too much diferrent. I'm looking at the equipment rental rate, as I'm a budget traveller with no scuba gears, most of DCs cost me PHP300/dive but Divelink cost me PHP500/day. Just my 2 cents!
kwhkg
June 6th, 2012, 07:01 AM
EVOLUTION, dont look any farther !!
Poi
June 6th, 2012, 12:39 PM
Had a great week with Thresher Shark Divers, my girlfriend did her open water there as well and the service was perfect. Recommend highly.
matt_reed
June 6th, 2012, 04:35 PM
We're doing a special of equipment rental at 50% discount :-)
Hydreliox
June 6th, 2012, 10:35 PM
Are you doing a special on leaflets too? ;)
matt_reed
June 6th, 2012, 11:18 PM
You got them?
Exotic Malapascua
June 9th, 2012, 05:33 AM
good dive shop with reasonable price.
Hello Sentlon,
We have a good diveshop with 6 boats :-) and our Fan rooms are standard but new, clean and very reasonably priced!
Just send an email to info@malapascua.net for prices.
Kind regards,
Erica
Hydreliox
June 9th, 2012, 10:07 AM
Yup, got them Matt. We are even planning on getting a nice shiny holder to put them in for ya ;) Guessing a stack will be handed to you when you get 'ere!
matt_reed
June 9th, 2012, 05:44 PM
Look forward to seeing the place! Not going to be doing any diving unfortuntely...
Hydreliox
June 10th, 2012, 04:20 AM
And I bet you can't remember the last time you got in the water Matt....with exhaust bubbles anyway :)
matt_reed
June 10th, 2012, 10:20 PM
CCR rules!!
boljakool
June 15th, 2012, 10:50 AM
CCR rules!!
I've yet to try that some time. :)
sentlon
June 17th, 2012, 03:06 AM
Hello Sentlon,
We have a good diveshop with 6 boats :-) and our Fan rooms are standard but new, clean and very reasonably priced!
Just send an email to info@malapascua.net for prices.
Kind regards,
Erica
send to my email sentlon@gmail.com
let see what u can offer to us. thanks
torachen
June 17th, 2012, 05:27 AM
My experience is if you are going with a group of people. That's fine. Choose whatever you want.
But if you are going alone. You'd better find the DC has multiple boats heading out to different sites everyday. That aslo means the DC has more customers. Maybe less personal attention. But at least you can go to the site you want. Some DCs wouldn't go to the sites like Gato Islander unless they got enough people. You probably will end up diving the sites close to the island.
And be noted some DCs don't have Nitrox option.
I like Sea Ex. But they ARE expensive. Also Sea quest seems to be a decent outfit. My friend dived with Dive Link. He said the price is negotiable.
The cheapest might be the Fun Sun Dive right next to Sea Quest.
