Dive Review of Scandi Divers in
Philippines/Puerto Galera

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Scandi Divers: "Healthy reef diving and a very compentent dive operation", Oct, 2025, by Hugh E Aaron, FL, US ( Top Contributor 30 reports with 30 Helpful votes). Report 13721.
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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	Our visit to Puerto Galera was part of a longer trip that included diving in Okinawa and sightseeing in central Japan and Manila. We chose Puerto Galera because of its reputation for good reef diving and the fact that it can be reached by ground transportation from Manila. We spent nine nights at Scandi Divers. Both Puerto Galera and Scandi turned out to be excellent choices for our first trip to the Philippines. We booked Scandi by email and WhatsApp. The staff could not have been any more helpful or responsive during the booking process. That made planning the Philippines diving portion of our trip easy. To reach Scandi, one takes ground transportation from Manila (a two- or three-hour ride depending on traffic) and then a shuttle boat to Puerto Galera. Scandi handled all of our transportation arrangements. They offer multiple options depending on one’s budget and preferences. All of our transportation worked as planned except for a last-minute adjustment to our departure time due to a passing cyclone. That required us to leave the resort earlier than we had originally planned on our departure day to make sure that we had plenty of time to get to the Manila airport. We got lucky. Had we planned to depart a day earlier, we would hav ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Scandi Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Virginia, North Carolina, California, Hawaii, Florida, Abaco, Bimini, Exumas, Most Caribbean Islands including the Windward, Leeward and ABC Islands, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Roatan, Belize, Thailand, Australia, Egypt, Bali, Raja Ampat, Maldives, Fiji, Palau, Yap, Japan
Closest Airport	Manila	Getting There	We dove Okinawa first. We then flew China Airlines from Okinawa to Manila changing planes in Taipei. For our return, we flew Zipair from Manila to Tokyo and then on to San Fransisco after spending some time sightseeing in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	27-29°C / 81-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-20 M / 33-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Just basic safety requirements. The dives were safe, but relaxed.
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
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The dive shop has a large air conditioned camera room with individual workstations and plenty of electrical outlets. They also have an air gun for drying water off of equ ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Scandi Divers in Philippines/Puerto Galera

Scandi Divers: "Healthy reef diving and a very compentent dive operation", Oct, 2025,

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Dive Review of Scandi Divers in
Philippines/Puerto Galera