Dinving in the Philippines

An additional question to my previous post: any recommendations regarding good diving spots </b>and especially (cheap) places to get certified?

Thnx again!

Vincent

Moalboal or Puerto Galera would probably be the best places to get certified. Both have lots of dive shops and good diving.

The diving in Boracay is very mediocre.

Yes Puerto Galera or Moalboal

PG-is easy to get to from Manila, good prices and excellent diving
Check out Frontier scuba(excellent dive op), Big Apple dive resort, Angelyns resort, Campbells resort.
Tell them I sent you.

Yes most divers dont think of Boracay as a prime PI dive location.

Just a suggestion... you're probably better off not taking the cheapest certification course you can find. You do get what you pay for, and since you're paying for someone to teach you how to stay alive underwater, it's probably not such a good idea to have someone do a sloppy job with it.

Hi, I've just got my dive ticket in El Nido on Palawan. The company I used was El Nido Marine Club where Esmeraldo (a PI gent who has been diving and training for over 25 years) was a very patient and thorough teacher. The cost was P18,000 for as many days as it took (I had some breathing issues and it took me 4 days).
I would not hesitate to recommend either Esmer or the actual diving spots that we used to train. It was magnificent!