We all need to go through some level of diving education to give us our passport to the underwater world. Once you’ve had some experience in your dive career, you get to realise that not all instruction facilities are the same and quality of courses can vary considerably from one place to the next.
As Instructors ourselves we keep a close eye on all the resorts and dive centres we work with to ensure you have peace of mind wherever you choose to take a course that it will be up to standard.
There are many training organisations across the world, in the Philippines the vast majority of dive centres and resorts offer recreational diving courses from Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) and Scuba Schools International (SSI).
However, there are certain dive centres we work with that excel at dive training and are PADI Instructor Development Centres or SSI Diamond Instructor Training Resort as minimum, meaning they are able to teach up to Instructor level. It’s not the fact the dive centres are PADI or SSI affiliated, but it’s the quality of the Instructors employed at these facilities that’s important, you will have peace of mind in taking a course in any one of the dive centres listed below, whether you are taking a your first breaths underwater on a Discover Scuba or becoming an Instructor.
British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) does not operate in the Philippines, however all dive centres and Resorts will recognise the qualification if you are a BSAC qualified diver and wish to go recreational diving. As always, you will need to demonstrate your level of qualification by presenting your certification card prior to diving.
This is one of those place that when you see the advertising you automatically think ‘I want to go there’ and you wouldn’t be disappointed, this is an exceptional resort. Think diving with a feeling of zen… soon after you walk into Atmosphere resort you hear soft music, appreciate the beauty of...
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Pioneers of diving in Malapascua, we wouldn’t have had amazing experiences with the Thresher Sharks had it not been for the owners Dik and Cora setting up shop here. Exotic is a very well run and organised resort, just by looking around you can see that things are quite a bit higher in quality than you...
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Attention to detail is everything at Kasai Village, Michael and the team have thought of pretty much everything that a modern dive centre requires, whether it be to serve the whims of photographers, techies, students and increasingly the needs of the not so able. Kasai village may have been awarded the Tripadvisor Traveller’s choice...
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One of the cornerstone dive resorts of Puerto Galera, if not the Philippines. An extremely well run operation with facilities that lead the way in how a professional dive centre should be equipped. Of course the best asset of the dive centre and resort are the staff, who will always be around...
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