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Travel ban has been extended a month. There aren new cases in the Philippines, just as likely any country gets infected. The fear of the virus is really affecting the dive industry over here, also how a lot of business rely on divers from China, not just the Chinese but the expats living there...

Anilao generally prices so differently due to the way how it started, as a weekend dive hub for the local Manila crowd, and not for foreign guests. So many resorts don't even have any dive staff on salary, it's just dial a boat, dial a spotter (don't get confused with dm, most 'guides' in Anilao...

Around 25 degrees at the moment, usually starts warming at the end of the month. You can get an unlucky thermocline that can get as low as 22. All the critters are out though. Jon www.blueribbondivers.com

Thank for the feedback. With regards to the scopes, it does work well as long as you have some blacks and whites in the shot, because these are normally at the darkest points and highest points. In some shots it doesn't work and you have to adjust it using your eye, or grade it to a different...

Davinchi Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Titles and Exporting Jon www.blueribbondivers.com

Hey Guys I made a series to try and get people into more Video Editing, as so few people seem to do it compared to photography. I tried to make it as easy and quick as possible not to bore people and show people the basics. I would love to get some feedback on it, wondering if I should continue...

Our old resort was in PG so used to do weekly trips to Verde. Now based in Anilao, we've done one in the last year, but it really is too far I find, we could offer it, but the boats are crazily expensive and its about a 1.5h to 2h trip, depending on conditions, and better to bring two boats for...

Anilao was mostly protected from the storms. We had a boat damaged, as did a few others. It looked like it was going to be a direct hit but then went further south towards Mindoro. From my friends in PG, seems like they were all fine and diving was going out the next day. Anilao is the same...

Heya Jon from Blue Ribbon Dive Resort in Anilao here. I was in PG for 9 years before I moved to Anilao. Both areas are about the same. The water temperature is probably around 25 degrees, yet it can sometimes drop a few more degrees if you are unlucky. The thing is, this is the best time for...

Have fun on your holiday wherever you end up

No problem Ardy, bit I think you misunderstood one thing. It's a 6 hour round trip for our driver. It's three hours one way usually, or two hours at crazy early hours in the morning

Hi Ardy Jon, the owner of Blue Ribbon here. It's a 240km round trip, with tolls along the way and in bad traffic can take more than 6 hours. It is the going rate around the area, as you are looking at around 1000 pesos fuel, 1000 pesos for the driver, just under 1000 pesos on tolls, then car...

Book through the resort. PADI travel take huge commissions, more than any dive agent. Email the company and mention you saw on PADI travel and could you get a discount. I have a resort elsewhere in the Philippines and sell on PADI travel also but prefer direct bookings and give discounts...

Slight self promotion here, but you can check out our reviews on tripadvisor or our website www.blueribbondivers.com. We are one of the only resorts in Anilao that actually just charges a set rate for single divers, with no hidden extras or charges, including on the rooms. Hope this isn't too...

They have changed owners, some chinese own it, yet the manager Ralph got hired with the new owners so you won't notice any difference.

Thanks D_Fresh for the recommendation...wish I was a bit more active here, yet constantly in the water so don't post as often as I like. Just to mention a correction to your post, we don't charge like the rest of Anilao, charge for a dive a straight up price, price is per room, single divers...

The video click on my name....wierd copy thing Jonathan Venn

Here is a video I did of the trip via land...which I won't do again, but was still fun, leaving from Puerto Galera. Going by land is an option, it takes about 8 hours to get there, and is quite fiddly. The issue was the three hour trip to get out there, we had to cancel one day as it was too...

Philippine Paradise Divers on Facebook you would probably find groups for weekends if you are heading down to Anilao. Have quite a social resort too in Anilao where all our guests dive together, and don't charge extra for single Divers. Can check us out at was.blueribbondivers.com