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Well we got there, stayed in Palau Pacific hotel and found ourselves a dive guide "Alice" a great Chinese girl who was top notch with arrangements, she has a business there "Alice dive shop", but advertises in Chinese language, so not too easy to find. Great service though, picked up out gear...

Thanks Rechno - we must have contacted the wrong dive centers !

Hi all, With a hurriedly booked trip, we are landing in Palau in a couple of weeks time, wife, self and young child As the little one is far too young to dive (and will be with a child minder whilst we dive) - we want to try and arrange it so that we can dive either just in the mornings or...

Water in Anilao was 26C last weekend (25 March), and that is as cold as it gets there. Temps will start creeping up now as summer has arrived - so April expect 27C or more .. I normally dive there year round with just a 1.5mm wet suit, and max I would suggest anyone needs there is 3mm,

Nettie NZ, I drive down to Anilao about once a month or so to dive - I normally stay at "Arthurs Place Dive Resort" - worth you checking prices, as they give good deals compared to a few other places, Boat and Guide costs there are split by the amount of people on the boat. I've never had...

I should have said - Be aware the lower part of the Star tollway freeway before you get to Batangas is closed (or was last week) due to a bridge problem - thus if heading down by road it is a lot quicker to turn off at Lipa, and follow the National highway road.

I do it as a day trip (driving myself) sometimes. Yep I set off early, on road by 6 am, takes anywhere between 2.5 & 4 hours, getting 3 dives in, and back home by about 8 pm. It's a L O N G day, but sometimes one needs to dive hey ! ... It is far better to head down early, dive all day, stay the...

Tippytoes12, all the times I have been Anilao and it's first time I have heard mention of a pier dive, so I will have to check it out - I know Buceo resort and wonder if you can recall which side of you the coast was when you were heading to the pier ?

Hi Tippytoes - Pier ? I didn't know there was one in Anilao ? Can you remember the name of the 'pier' site - was it close to Mabini town ? Or do you mean the old encrusted steel frame over on the island ? You wouldn't be mixing up memories with Leyte would you - Padre Burgos pier, it being a...

Heg, I moved from Australia 2 years back and now live 3 hours north of Anilao, so it is my regular haunt, travelling down once a month or so, to dive, and in fact I just came back last night. Anilao has plenty of Macro, healthy coral, plenty of fish life, turtles, and yes it is great diving - it...

I have used a G15 for a year or so, but ever since first use I feel many shots are 'over exposed'. If I take a photo on land, when set in 'Auto' looking at Blue Sky, the Sky will commonly appear "White" - and underwater with flash or strobe, many results are over exposed. Anyone have same...

Top marks to Aqua lung. Reported my broken SureLock handles via Aqualung Australia where I bought the BCD - and within 24 hours I had replacements in my hand via Aqualung vendor in Philippines. Best customer service I have come across for a long long time with any company ! Cheers

SDHopper, Couple of years back we stopped in Cebu city on route home from Moalboal, and went diving with Kontiki scuba diving cebu | PADI dive courses philippines who have a set up about 30 mins from Mactan airport. We were surprised by the decent dives we went on from there, especially over...

Nitro91 Sounds like you are planning to do what we did a couple of years back - we had crap weather, and things might have changed at Naigani, but the shark dives in Pacific harbor made up for it - my long trip report through link below might be of interest. We actually made a dive trip to...

Wow time flies --- someone else just added a post to this thread, and just looked back -- where did the last 3.5 years go :confused: So if memory still working since January 2012 and adding to the list of some memorable places I managed to get to dive - ART reef, Karma Wreck, Heron Island and...

joshchin1989, no response as yet, but will let you know. There is a definite little earner for a local PHP guy with a van or decent sized car. I've recently moved to Makati, and once my dive gear arrives I'm expecting to be heading down Anilao/Batangas for dive weekends every other weekend, and...

ocdiver - just mailed him so will wait and see. so are you in Manila ?

I've had that happen and wonder if the heat from the camera had caused some salty air in the housing to leave 'crystalline' deposit ? Do you put a 'water absorber' of any description in your housing ?

Hi all, I remember reading ages ago of someone offering to set up a car transfer service to get from Manila to Anilao (and back) - is there such a reliable service ? Resorts offer a pick up and return for around Peso 4000 each way (for van) - so is there a cheaper way, or anyone offering the...

Timz - if you leave salt water on your housing glass, as it dries the salt crystalizes, might be the reason - as I have seen same on my housing from time to time ?