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Crystal Blue Resort: "Great Muck Diving in Anilao", May, 2018, by Mark Rosenstein, MA, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 16 Helpful votes). Report 10279 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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Anilao is like Lembeh with less trash. Crystal Blue does diving from bangkas, small flat-bottomed wooden boats with dual outriggers. They put no more than 4 divers on a boat with a guide, so there’s a lot of personal attention. Boats usually go out for two dives at a time, with the surface interval spent on the boat while pulled up at a beach. Their dive schedule is flexible. Our morning dives always started at 8am, but we were asked when we wanted to dive in the afternoons. Some of our friends did just one afternoon dive; we usually asked to do two, starting in mid-afternoon, then a second dive at twilight going to full night before the end. They offer black water dives most nights as well. These are night dives over deep water looking for pelagics and interesting things in the plankton. They start with a detailed briefing, as there are some unique procedures and safety issues and many people have never done a black water dive before. We found most of the muck targets we wanted: many frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, mimic octopus, many kinds of shrimps, nudibranchs, sea horses, and so much more. It's not only muck--a few sites had nice reefs, though we never had really clear visibility. I logged 430 species in 10 days of diving.
Websites	Crystal Blue Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Komodo, Lembeh, Tulamben, Palau, Raja Ampat, Solomons, Wakatobi, GBR, Galapagos, many Caribbean
Closest Airport	Manila	Getting There	We arranged the airport transfer in advance with the resort. Their driver picked us up for the 2 1/2 hour drive.
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were typically 70 minutes, but we were free to dive how we wanted, sometimes longer. However it was good to stick with the guide because they were very good at finding interesting critters.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Their camera room is one of the nicest I have encountered. Air conditioned, but not too cool, with about 20 separate workspaces like library carrels. Each space has charging outlets, work light, and dry storage area. Crew carried the cameras on and off the boats for us.

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines/Anilao

Crystal Blue Resort: "Great Muck Diving in Anilao", May, 2018,

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in
Philippines/Anilao