Dive Review of
Atlantis Dive Resort in
Philippines/Puerto Galera

California, Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico, Micronesia, Malaysia, South Pacific,
Philippines

Dive Conditions

Have to stay with your group, all must surface at same time.  However, you
could pretty much do what you please (assuming the dive guides felt you
were a strong diver), as long as the dive guides could see you.

  

I really enjoyed the photos I took.  However, there was not too much large
critters to shot.  Macro photogrphy was excellent.  The drawback is the
dive boats are not set up well for photographers, but, it only takes 5-10
minutes to get to all dive sites.  The resort has computers and TV's so one
can easily view digital work.  Print film and slides can be processed in
town at very reasonable cost, with about one-hour turnaround.  There is a
seperate rinse tank for cameras and computers.  Overall, I was very please
with my photographic experience at Atlantis.
  

Overall Rating

This was my second trip to Atlantis.  I was there two months earlier, and
just had to go back because I enjoyed my first trip there so much.  Was
this trip as good--No.  However, that was not the fault of the resort. 
This trip I went with a group of about 60 divers.  I will never travel with
a group this large again.  I prefer smaller groups (6-20) where everyone
gets to know each other.  One drawback from the resort with a group this
large is that we had to eat our meals buffet style.  The quality of the
food was not as good as my September visit (but still very good), but in
September, we were able to order directly off the menu as our group was
much smaller (only six of us).  The dive operation worked very well with
our large group, so no complaints there.  Mother Nature did bite us in the
butt this time, there was a cyclone on the east side of the Philippines
while we were there, thus causing air and water temperatures to be somewhat
lower than normal, plus it did bring rain and plenty of wind.  Oh well, we
can't beat Mother Nature can we! 

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