Dive Review of Atlantis Puerto Galera in
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Atlantis Puerto Galera, Sep, 2008, by Darell Cook, CO, United States ( 2 reports). Report 4492.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	3 hour van ride from Manila airport, one hour boat ride to resort. The resort was very good, although there were only ~6 divers there most of the week we were there. The service was exceptional. The food was good and they aimed to please customizing orders. When busy breakfast is buffet style with eggs cooked to order. Lunch is from a menu board of 4 items or a selection of mongolian BBQ. Dinner was also off the menu board with a la carte BBQ items (hamburgers, steaks, etc.) The dive staff were constantly training. The dive masters were very good at pointing things out for us - flamboyant cuttlefish, pygmy and thorny seahorses, nudibranchs, octopus, small and giant frog fish, etc. Some muck but mostly healthy reefs. Remants of a typhoon hitting China caused some rainy, windy weather (local power goes out and the generator comes on). This also caused us to spend a day diving in the harbor on some of the wrecks, which was low visibility but still great sites with lots of critters. Diving was from speed boats with backroll entry. Shore entry to the boats - sand in your booties. Drinking water available free all day and they pushed it. Good bar - 50 Bar.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Bonaire, Cayman, Cozumel, Playa Del Carmen, Roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Tell divemaster when you reach 750 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No facilities on boats for rinsing cameras, but very short rides to/from dive sites. There were three camera rinse tanks right at the beach. Camera room with lots of room and 220/110 VAC outlets and low pressure air available which was locked at night.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Puerto Galera in Philippines

Atlantis Puerto Galera, Sep, 2008,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Puerto Galera in
Philippines