h2odragon1
Contributor
I agree with Sugar, you could have asked for recommendations and you would have had a better time for all locations.
Puerto Galera; the White beach is known for it's beach for diving, Sabang, Little LaLaguna, or Big LaLaguna. Sabang is know for it's night life, and yes it can get seedy at times. Little and Big LaLaguna are quieter and all three have great dive shops. I dove with Action Divers in 2005 and they did check my cert card, and logbook.
Palglao Is. The equipment was good eqpt., not junk. Check out the shop first, look at the eqpt. The divemasters should be as good as the gear, (ie; up to date and cared for [skills])
In 2005 my wife and I did have a less than desirable experience in Dumagete. the shop had old gear and the girl behind the counter did not speak English, or Tagalog, (my wife speaks Tagalog). She was Korean, and did speak the local dialect. The divemaster took us to an island nearby in a very small banka and proceeded to drag my wife down. (she is slow to submerge), but he should not have pulled her. She did not like what happened, and did only one dive, and refused to pay the full fee for two dives that we intended to do.
My wife and I have had almost exclusively great experiences diving, and plan to go back as soon as possible. we most likely will dive with the shops we are now familiar with, but if we go to a new area, we will ask PPD for advise, that's how we found Action Divers, Baywatch divers, and ended up with Rosies in Dumagete,(we didn't ask for advise for Dumagete)
TRY AGAIN!! Ask for dive shop recomendations, and even dive site recomendations. The dive shops do have sites (cookie cutters), they take people to if the diver dosen't know better. You'll have a better time if you ask!
Puerto Galera; the White beach is known for it's beach for diving, Sabang, Little LaLaguna, or Big LaLaguna. Sabang is know for it's night life, and yes it can get seedy at times. Little and Big LaLaguna are quieter and all three have great dive shops. I dove with Action Divers in 2005 and they did check my cert card, and logbook.
Palglao Is. The equipment was good eqpt., not junk. Check out the shop first, look at the eqpt. The divemasters should be as good as the gear, (ie; up to date and cared for [skills])
In 2005 my wife and I did have a less than desirable experience in Dumagete. the shop had old gear and the girl behind the counter did not speak English, or Tagalog, (my wife speaks Tagalog). She was Korean, and did speak the local dialect. The divemaster took us to an island nearby in a very small banka and proceeded to drag my wife down. (she is slow to submerge), but he should not have pulled her. She did not like what happened, and did only one dive, and refused to pay the full fee for two dives that we intended to do.
My wife and I have had almost exclusively great experiences diving, and plan to go back as soon as possible. we most likely will dive with the shops we are now familiar with, but if we go to a new area, we will ask PPD for advise, that's how we found Action Divers, Baywatch divers, and ended up with Rosies in Dumagete,(we didn't ask for advise for Dumagete)
TRY AGAIN!! Ask for dive shop recomendations, and even dive site recomendations. The dive shops do have sites (cookie cutters), they take people to if the diver dosen't know better. You'll have a better time if you ask!