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Hi, I think the only thing to consider is how much baggage you are travelling with. The Cebu Pacific flights from Cebu to Dumaguete are with smaller planes, and your max pre-booked baggage is 20kg/40lb (no sports bag allowed). You can have heavier bag but then you are subject to Excess Baggage...

Hi smooboy, regarding the weather in Dumaguete in May: it's my own favorite month based on the last six years I have lived here. May is pretty hot since there's usually very little breeze, but that means there's no waves either and the viz is great. It's the end of the coastal "critter baby...

Dumaguete/ Dauin is not that much harder to get from NYC either - sure you have 1,5hr domestic flight from Manila to Dumaguete after your international one, but you can purchase that from Philippine Airlines as one journey and then they will take care of the terminal transfer in Manila and...

Hi, you might want to check out Atmosphere Resort in Dauin/Dumaguete, Philippines. Nice House Reef for both diving and snorkeling (different areas for different depths), and Apo Island marine sanctuary only 35min boat ride away. The resort works great for families, and kids have separate pool...

Thank you for the lovely report and for your kind words Birdman27, I'm glad you and your wife enjoyed your recent stay at Atmosphere. It was our pleasure having you here, and as a muck diving lover I'm especially delighted that you thought it was awesome. Dauin is a macro heaven! For anyone...

Hi Chris, if you are planning to do Dumaguete first and then Moalboal, it makes sense to fly from Manila straight to Dumaguete instead of Cebu. The flight from Manila to Dumaguete is 1,5hrs (4-6 connections daily), while land transfer from Cebu to Dumaguete is 5-6 hrs alone + the flight...

Hi Sharka, if you enjoyed diving in Philippines, and the service level of Wakatobi and Misool Eco Resort, you might want to check out Atmosphere (atmosphereresorts.com) in Dauin, Philippines. Atmosphere is a high end resort & dive operation located on Negros Island, west from Bohol. Our diving...

We call October as "Octopus October" here in Dumaguete, since it's octopus mating season then. Rather remarkable for a photographer/videographer, although the weather can be unpredictable that time of the year. This video was filmed in end of October 2016 by Daniel Norwood: , and as you can see...

Dear Centrals, you are very correct, as you often are. :) But we do operate in rather accommodating service level, as our price point might hint. We send the boat to Apo with only 2 guests signed up (although sometimes we've been doing the Apo trip even for 1 diver only). Sweet as local...

Hi kalekainxx, how about swapping one of your locations to Dauin and coming to Atmosphere (www.atmosphereresorts.com) to treat your wife? The diving here is incredible with world-class macro in the coastal dive sites and the reefs of Apo Island half an hour boat ride away, and I'm sure your wife...

Hi Centrals, just for the future reference; Atmosphere has a Apo trip on schedule daily (weather dependent of course, but as you know the weather here in Dauin is hardly ever so bad that we'd need to cancel). It's half day trip with 2 dives, and the standard schedule is leaving the resort after...

Hi widarecu, In case you would like to consider a resort based option, I just got one cancellation for Xmas & NY. Please take a look at our website www.atmosphereresorts.com, and email me for details: saila@atmosphereresorts.com. Atmosphere is located in Dauin (1,5 hr domestic flight from...

Well I would be quite silly not to recommend us of course... :wink: Please contact sales@atmosphereresorts.com or enquiries@atmosphereresorts.com for more information.

Hi Scubakelldy, Dauin is quite lovely in August. Weather is starting to go towards rainy season here in south too so it's likely that there will be a quick thunder storm in the late evening and rain in the night, but still sunny / mixed sun and clouds at daytime. Sometimes there's also...

Cebu City can be pretty nice IF you know where to go, for example I love Banilad area. My hotel recommendation there would be Henry Hotel (The Henry Hotel), the service is great and the bed is comfy. The breakfast is a bit hit-an-miss, but there's a great little French style bistro, Tymad...

Hi Tendi, I admit that I am biased, living in Dauin, but I think Dauin would fit your requirements pretty well too. The dive sites are really close, for example from Atmosphere the coastal dive sites are 2-20 min boat ride away, and Apo Island is 30-40 min boat ride away (depending on waves). We...

I agree with Centrals, my experience is that proper dive resorts have their own in-house dive staff and booking a course shouldn't require finding an instructor yourself first...

Hi ScubaSteve, The weather in Dumaguete is excellent in the end of May, and the diving is even better. May is especially known for "frogfish maddness" here in coastal dive sites, and the flat sea makes also diving in the reefs of Apo Island really enjoyable. So I think Atmosphere fits very...

Hi matrixed82, as a sales manager of Atmosphere Resorts & Spa I have to say that I'm quite surprised to hear about this mysterious US representative of ours and would love to have a chat with him/her to find out what is the motive behind this. We don't have any sales people in US with US phone...

Hi ScubaSteve, there was a new carry-on rules announced in last July, when The Office of Transportation Security of Philippines listed dive equipment (including regulators) as 'blunt items” that must be packed on the checked-in baggage instead of carry-one/cabin baggage. It's effective for all...