Dive Review of Magic Oceans/Magic Oceans Dive Resort in
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Magic Oceans/Magic Oceans Dive Resort: "Lovely dive resort!", Dec, 2016, by Larry Eggert, UT, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9443 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Lovely, modern, well kept up dive resort with spacious bungalows and a delightful pool area. Dive area well done with individual equipment baskets, hangers and pegs for gear as well as showers and adequate rinse tanks. Food EXCELLENT and special meal requests like vegetarian well taken care of. Staff very friendly and want to please guests. Special services like massage, pedicure and romantic dinners by pool were very nice. Two major areas of dive sites. West of resort: 5 meters deep there were mainly hard corals with walls going down to 25 meters with nice soft tree corals like those on Apo or Pescador Islands. East and northeast of resort, at 5 meters there were mainly hard corals, then a sandy plateau to about 12 meters, then a wall of soft corals again. Currents unpredictable and stronger with some wave action in the afternoon if wind comes up. If you want best video and photography ask for morning dives in sites likely to have less current, then just drift with the afternoon dive. Currents also dependent on monthly high and low tide differences, phase of moon and often just unpredictable in spite of dive staff constantly checking tide tables. Some sandy areas in east to northeast have unique critters such as the wonderpus, flamboyant cuttlefish, pygmy seahorses, over 30 different nudibranchs and sea moths. Use of a pointer/muck stick (available at dive shop) recommended for least impact when these sandy areas have some current. Shore entry to dive boats is over rocky, uneven area, so recommend sturdy, thick, hard sole booties. Dive crew will carry gear and even personal items as well as walk you out to the boat if you have back or joint problems. Future plans for a pier (permits pending) will remedy this. Transfer service to and from ferry, airport, etc. is for a fee, but well run and well worth it. Overall this is a lovely resort with wonderful, attentive staff. The only current issue (consequently only 4-stars) is the shore entry-exit to dive boats over uneven terrain. When a dock is completed, our review would go to 5-stars.
Websites	Magic Oceans Magic Oceans Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Philippines, Solomons, Fiji, Galapagos, Bonaire, Roatan, Palau, Hawaii, Cayman, N Sulawesi - Lembah
Closest Airport	Cebu or Tagbilaran	Getting There	Best to avoid Manila!!! Fly into Cebu for best service and least annoyance.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	4
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive within your computer limits; try to stay within site of group.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Insufficient rinse tanks on boats; very adequate at dive facility. Crew good about handing down cameras at start of dive and handing up at return, and at handling cameras.

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Dive Review of Magic Oceans/Magic Oceans Dive Resort in Philippines/Bohol

Magic Oceans/Magic Oceans Dive Resort: "Lovely dive resort!", Dec, 2016,

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Magic Oceans/Magic Oceans Dive Resort in
Philippines/Bohol