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Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Atlantis & Bluewater Photo Workshop", Jul, 2023, by Owen R Poole, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 12495 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
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Comments	Please note that the star rating system really doesn't work for the focus of this dive trip. Both Atlantis with their dive operation and Blue Water with their photo expertise did an outstanding job. The goal of the trip was to provide a variety of photographic experiences to learn from. On any given dive a goal was set to find a specific type of small fish or small critter. Dive trips from the resort were all short and close to the resort. These focused primarily on muck diving and photographing small creatures. This was transformative to understand and see this world. Successfully photographing a half inch creature and then seeing the intricacies of it's body,face and shape is quite special. Apo Island offered what I see more typically on a tropical dive trip. Apo had an abundance of coral walls, reefs and tropical fish. Although an organize event designed to attract Whale Sharks, Oslob on Cebu Island did provide a wonderful opportunity to snorkel with these large beautiful creatures. The whale shark experience gives the Large Pelagics above a 5 star rating. On my third dive day at 60 minutes into the dive I rested my elbow on top of a Scorpion evil Fish and I was stung. The pain was immense and I immediately did safe emergency ascent to the boat. The boat crew promptly brought me back to Atlantis where dive staff members Alfred Abellar and Warfi Garrucho administered near boiling water to the wound while Marco Inocencio sent a cell phone image off to DAN. Within the minute Marco received a call back from Dan. With Dan's concurrence Atlantis continued the hot water treatment with my elbow emerged in a pail while staff was sent to the pharmacy to obtain Ibuprofem. I had to sit out diving for the remainder of the day but the care, concern and knowledge was very reassuring as the results could have been far more serious. Kudos to DAN and Kudos to Atlantis. Marty Snyderman was an Ambassador for Atlantis and worked closely with Mark Strickland from Blue water to produce seminars tied to the day's dive trips. All in all a great investment if you want to take your photographic skills up another level.
Websites	Atlantis Dive Resorts
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	California Coast, Florida, Cozumel, Palau, Yap, Bonaire, Curacao, Raja Ampat, Belize, Solomon's, Bandu Sea, various Caribbean Islands
Closest Airport	Dumaguete (DGT)	Getting There	San Francisco to Manila. Manila to Dumaguete. Picked up at airport by ATlantis Dive Resort
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-75 Ft/ 6-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No Restrictions enforced but due to the nature of the dives and the workshop all dives under 100 feet. Some dives went 70 minutes.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	This place is set up for diving photographers with a complete secure camera room adjacent to a conference room. Compressed air, hair dryers, flexible lighting to see inside your camera housings, towels, cubbies , the whole bit.

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in Philippines/Dumaguete, Apo Is. & Cebu

Atlantis Dive Resorts: "Atlantis & Bluewater Photo Workshop", Jul, 2023,

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Dive Review of Atlantis Dive Resorts in
Philippines/Dumaguete, Apo Is. & Cebu