I love diving in the small resorts and out of the way islands of the Philippines; for many, their only Philippines diving experience is Puerto Galera and Anilao, this is a shame as the Philippines has so much more to offer the diver.

The dive shop within the resort is small, exactly how I like it. The term resort is a bit of a misdemeanor, this is more of a guest house, small and friendly, exactly what I was looking for. Diving here is pretty casual, the dive guide was a young fella and we headed out to around the island for the first dive. We had plenty of depth for the first dive, what I noticed at these locations was there wasn’t the sloping reefs found pretty much throughout the islands, you were descending and ascending through blue water, I love these conditions.

Yes, there was a bit of current around, but I have never seen a current as anything to fear, just another challenge to overcome and besides, a current usually brings the fish out. Yes, swimming into a current at depth increases your gas consumption but as there was only the two of us, I wasn’t concerned. I arrived at the dive resort Monday morning and departed Friday morning to Iloilo City for my afternoon flight back to Manila. I logged thirteen dives during those three and a half diving days with all but two dives deeper than thirty metres, I want to return in the future.