Review of Magic Island Moalboal

[rickcavanaugh]

Moalboal | Scuba Trip Reviews

 

[diver 85]

Good report.........Question---if you're standing with your back toward the resort & you're facing the water, which way is Turtle Bay???.......TIA, we were @ TBR year before last & I'm trying to figure out where this resort is in relation to TRB........

EDIT:.....here's a short quick video of us 'landing' @ TBR(we came in by boat from Dumaguete--Pura Vida Resort).....On which side of TBR is Magic Island in this video ie from the water side...???

https://www.flickr.com/photos/80825593@N08/8168395516/in/set-72157631944299597

 

[rickcavanaugh]

Back toward resort facing the water, Turtle Bay is to the right.

In your Video, you panned to the right, and there were some boulders, To the right of the boulders is Magic Island. You got a quick clip of their dive shop.

They are truly side by side.

---------- Post added June 13th, 2014 at 10:48 AM ----------

Diver85 Your photo
left of dock---low tide
Is a shot of Magic Island's Dive Shop

 

[diver 85]

Yep------saw their shop on the video........Did you get to do the mandarinfish dive right out front in between the 2 resorts???...That was COOL......

EDIT:.....here's some of my pics from a twilight/nite dive in between the resorts........again, an interesting little wall.........

https://www.flickr.com/photos/80825593@N08/sets/72157631848202460/

 

[rickcavanaugh]

I usually skip the Mandarin Fish Dives as I have done a bunch and I also can see one everyday in my home aquarium.

 

[diver 85]

I usually skip the Mandarin Fish Dives as I have done a bunch and I also can see one everyday in my home aquarium.

You're lucky........But that is one nice beautiful little wall sitting out there about a hundred yards---or less.......Not just for mandarinfish observing.......

Got to see several of these---sleeping

[/URL]philippines turtle taking off 14 by GEAUXtiger, on Flickr[/IMG]

and a couple of these:

[/URL]Giant frogfish with sea cucumbers @ nite---bigger pic.. by GEAUXtiger, on Flickr[/IMG]

All in all, not too bad of a dive....

 

[aumexican]

I've got to say I've stayed at Turtle bay and recommend it, apart from the remoteness.
mind you a trike will get you to the other restaurants in 15 minutes.

 

[rickcavanaugh]

I did do the house reef as a night dive. The dive was great, but the tides created a long nasty walk out. At 50 yards out the water was only about 2 feet deep. We almost had to walk to the wall to start diving.

 

[Big Z]

Man, I am envious. Great photos too! I've got a lot of traveling to do.

 

[diver 85]

Man, I am envious. Great photos too! I've got a lot of traveling to do.

Would you believe---I just uploaded this pic about an hour ago------Was looking thru some old SD cards & found this one I skipped(over looked)--from in front of these 2 resorts we were talking about.........That FF is a weird looking dude, to me.......

[/URL]philippines frogfish nite 14 by GEAUXtiger, on Flickr[/IMG]