Question Amun Ini, Bohol-What's It Like?

[Living4Experiences]

I've looked through the forums and there are light mentions of Amun Ini, but nothing in-depth about the resort and diving. There is more about it on TripAdvisor than here on SB, but the reviews on TripAdvisor have fewer comments about the diving. There was a typhoon that blew through in 2021. If you've been there since, say 2022, I'd love to hear your thoughts about your experience.

Is May in the dry season or still the wet season? I was in Puerto Galera in April and the weather did not cooperate.
Is it only muck diving or are there reefs and walls?
Do you need to go deep (more than 60 ft) to see stuff?
They have 38 dive sites. Is 10 days too long or would you stay fewer days and move somewhere else?
What is the condition of the reef? Healthy or beat up and/or bleached? Overfished?
TripAdvisor reviews say the rooms are clean and the food is good, but the beach is trashy and the common areas are not well maintained, along with rotting pool furniture. It's a pricey resort to have these issues. Did you notice this?
What was your diver-to-guide ratio? I prefer 4, but not more than 6, divers per guide. Puerto Galera was 6 or more divers per guide.
Was the Nitrox blend safe and at the expected percentage?
Food is very subjective, but did you enjoy the offerings and did you get your fill?
Was the provided drinking water safe to drink?
Did the A/C, plumbing, hot water in the shower, and plugs in the room work?

TIA for your feedback.

 

[Tippytoes12]

Ooh lots of questions !

No expert here, but I believe that most of the rain in the Visayas falls later in the year, we have three completely dry weeks a few years ago in June. And the water was really warm. I spent a week in the resort next door in 2016 the diving was good with lots of turtles. The resort Magic Oceans was really nice and Anda is a beautiful area. This area attracts a lot European divers, may of whom don’t use SB.

However, I preferred Malapascua, Moalboal and Dumaguete all of which I visited in January of this year. Malapascua in particular was wonderful. Moalboal was also hit by a typhoon, this may have been the same one you refer to. The reef tops were a bit bettered but were recovering, but the walls were still stunning, as well as having masses of soft coral, fish, great macro and turtles. I loved the sardines.

In my experience, issues like and food and AC and hot water and fills and plugs can be resolved with some gentle but if need be firm, negotiation in the Philippines. The trick with the food is to find a few dishes you like and stick to them. But I really enjoyed the food on the last trip. Booking a private guide in advance is not expensive, but you can always request one when you are there and this can be a little cheaper.

Hope this helps a bit !

 

[peeweediver]

We were also at Magic Ocean on Bohol a year ago, April. Mostly wall dives with some "muck-sand" dives. We'd swim out in the sand and did see some cool small wonderpuss, peacock mantis shrimp, and cuttlefish on these sand excursions. Soft coral near the top of the wall was wonderful and we all (group trip) loved staying on the top of the reef for the last 15-20 minutes of the dive because it was beautiful. Lots of frog fish, flamboyant cuttle fish, ghost pipefish, nudibranchs, fun night dives and overall nice diving. Many in our group went to a whaleshark diving site on Moalboal and enjoyed it. We skipped it because we've seen them in the Maldives and Sea of Cortez "in the wild" as opposed to a feeding site. Not judging. We were there nine nights and that was plenty. We then went to their other resort, Magic Island, in Moalboal. We were also there in 2014. This trip, the after-effects of the 2021 typhoon were pretty bad. Most of the tops of the reef were rubble and the first 30 feet down had lots of sand chutes and sand covered rubble. We did see some signs of recovery and hope Tippytoes12 saw even more.
Can't opine on the Amun Ini, but Magic Ocean was very nice as a resort.

Rob

 

[Centrals]

..... We then went to their other resort, Magic Island, in Moalboal. We were also there in 2014. This trip, the after-effects of the 2021 typhoon were pretty bad. Most of the tops of the reef were rubble and the first 30 feet down had lots of sand chutes and sand covered rubble. We did see some signs of recovery and hope Tippytoes12 saw even more.

I went to Moalboal last yr to check the damage caused by Odette and it was awful.
Recovery? It will take very long time with the damages that the whole area has suffered.