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October 2014

Octopus OctoberMarinelife

Octopus October

Since I started working here in March, every month of diving at Atmosphere has been awesome, not only because of the guests and staff but also because of the amazing critters. That being said, for me personally, October has been exceptional. We have had many unique sightings this month and many guests have finally seen a desired critter for the first time, including the elusive Harlequin Shrimp! We are still…
Daniel Geary
29th October 2014
padi sidemount at atmosphere resorts in dauin philippinesPADI Courses

Are two tanks better than one?

Have you seen any fellow divers recently, carrying one or two tanks by their side instead of on the back? If you have, they were sidemount divers. Previously only seen on tech divers, sidemount has become increasingly popular among recreational divers and is now a PADI Specialty Course or can be done as an Adventure Dive on the PADI Advanced or Adventure dive course. The idea behind sidemount is pretty…
Atmosphere Resorts
24th October 2014
Atmosphere Resorts & Spa owner and architect matthew Holder muses about life in DauinAtmosphere Staff

Coffee and Cockerels

So, it's 5:30 am and I am sat on my verandah drinking a small frothy coffee after my (new fitness campaign) early morning swim. The birds are awake, I hear a tricycle somewhere in the distance, and of course a rooster! This is after all Negros Island in the Philippines - the home of the finest cock fighting roosters in Asia. You see, yesterday during our management meeting, our head…
Matthew Holder
22nd October 2014
Spa treatments from the SeaWellnessYoga

Spa treatments from the Sea

Recently at The Sanctuary Spa at Atmosphere, we have had an increase in bookings for our Algotherm facials, it was definitely our top selling treatment during the summer. Originally when I was conducting the research for the spa products that we would use in The Sanctuary Spa, many considerations came to mind. I am a lover of all things natural and it was important for me to source a product…
Rae Collins
8th October 2014
A mating pair of octopus on the Atmosphere Resorts house reefUnderwater Sightings

A Caring Mother on the House Reef

July, August and September have been great months for diving here at the Atmosphere House Reef. We have had mating pairs of frogfish, pregnant ornate ghost pipefish and banded pipefish, a few pairs of leaf scorpion fish, and most recently, a few mating pairs of octopus, all on the house reef! We have known about a few octopus that reside in our house reef for a while, but our divers…
Daniel Geary
2nd October 2014