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Crystal Blue Resort: "A great place for muck diving.", May, 2024, by David E Reubush, VA, US ( Top Contributor 71 reports with 36 Helpful votes). Report 13080.
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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	This was my second trip to Crystal Blue in 2 years (and my buddy and I have already booked at trip for 2025). My buddy and I both enjoy muck diving and Anilao ranks up there with Lembeh and Ambon as a great place to enjoy muck. We both enjoy Crystal Blue as Mike Bartick has designed the resort for photographers, plus the food is good (not gourmet, but good) and the staff is friendly and helpful. The camera room is one of the best I have ever encountered. The resort is on the side of a hill with the rooms at the top, followed by the office, the classroom and dining room, the camera room, the gear-up area, and then the boats. The boats are typical of the Philippines with outriggers. The boats are covered and are staffed by a boat driver and 2 assistants. We were there between groups this year so there were 3 divers on our boat with 2 dive masters who were great at finding things for us to photograph. We typically ate breakfast, went out for 2 morning dives, came back for lunch, and then went out for 2 afternoon dives. One day we had a late afternoon dive followed by a night dive down the coast at “The Pier” which had a variety of octopi, a bobbit worm, a couple of Ambon scorpionfish, and a variety of other interesting stuff. The day dives were filled with sea horses, mantis shrimp, tons of nudis, and a variety of frogfish and morays. There was always something to shoot. Crystal Blue has quickly become one of my favorite places to dive. Note that the shore is rocky so bring hard soled booties to make your feet happy.
Websites	Crystal Blue Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Caymans, Curacao, Fiji, Galapagos, Indonesia (Wakatobi, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Lembeh, Bali, Banda Sea, Ambon), Philippines, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Southern Bahamas, St. Thomas, Turks & Caicos
Closest Airport	Manila	Getting There	It's relatively easy. Fly to Manila, spend the night, get picked up the next morning and it's 2 to 2.5 hours by car.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-40 Ft/ 6-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Don't do anything stupid
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	Camera room was great. Dedicated rinse tanks for cameras. Crew took cameras from shore onto and off the boats.

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in Philippines/Anilao

Crystal Blue Resort: "A great place for muck diving.", May, 2024,

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Dive Review of Crystal Blue Resort in
Philippines/Anilao