Dive Review of Magic Island and Magic Ocean/Magic Resorts in
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Magic Island and Magic Ocean/Magic Resorts: "Lots of Small Stuff, and Some Big Stuff, Too", Apr, 2019, by Janet Westin, WA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 10932.
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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
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Comments	We stayed at two sister resorts, Magic Island and Magic Ocean, which are located relatively near each other, but still require a day's travel between them. The resorts arranged for us to do 2 dives at Cabilao Island enroute. At the first resort, Magic Island on Cebu, the visibility was poor and the water cooler (78 rather than 82) than I expected. We heard various explanations on the lack of visibility. One theory was that since whale sharks are fed off of Oslob, the whale sharks no longer visit off of our resort, clearing the water of the murk. Most of our group of 14 took one day and did snorkel, then dive, with the whale sharks off of Oslob, but 2 of us did not choose this option, having done this a few years ago on an earlier visit to the Philippines. They reported that there were lots of whale sharks, and decent visibility. The visibility vastly improved both at the Cabilao Island stop and at our second resort, Magic Ocean. We saw lots of small stuff like cuttlefish, octopus, nudibranchs, crabs, shrimp, seahorses, pipefish, frog fish, scorpion fish, and dragonets. There were 1 or 2 turtles on most dives.
Websites	Magic Island and Magic Ocean
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Philippines, Fiji, Roatan, Mexico, Florida, Raja Ampat, Hawaii
Closest Airport	Cebu International	Getting There	Connect through Seoul
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-80 Ft/ 9-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minute limit
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Magic Island and Magic Ocean/Magic Resorts in Philippines

Magic Island and Magic Ocean/Magic Resorts: "Lots of Small Stuff, and Some Big Stuff, Too", Apr, 2019,

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Dive Review of Magic Island and Magic Ocean/Magic Resorts in
Philippines