Blogs - what is happening at Atmosphere?

Beers from microbrewery the Cebruery in cebu, served at Atmosphere Resort PhilippinesDiningNews

New craft beer from Cebu at Atmosphere resort

We are proud to now stock craft beer from The Cebruery in Cebu. Artisanal, uncompromising, and innovative beers - and with great labels too! We currently sell the Dumaguete Dubbel, the Witchy Woman Pumpkin Amber and the Las Islas Pilipinas L.IPA. Either you’re a craft beer enthusiast or someone who just loves beer in general and wants to try something new from a microbrewery, these craft beers from the neighboring Island are…
Alma Zosan Alcoran
15th March 2017
Join Atmosphere Resort on one of our Siren liveaboards with Worldwide Dive & SailDive travel

Liveaboard in diver paradise Raja Ampat with Atmosphere

With the Atmosphere Resorts & Spa yearly liveaboard trip coming up next week, I thought it would be good to take a look back at our last liveaboard trip on the S/Y Indo Siren to Raja Ampat. Each year, Atmosphere charters one of Worldwide Dive and Sail's liveaboards to take our guests somewhere different that then the Filipino paradise they are used to. We have been to Palau, to Komodo,…
Daniel Geary
1st March 2017
A selection of baby frogfish with a special place in Atmosphere's marine biologist Daniel Geary's heartMarinelifeScuba Divingunderwater photoUnderwater Sightings

Frogfish I have loved

I haven't written a frogfish blog in awhile, terrible I know and I apologize, so in honor of this year's baby frogfish season I have decided to go into my archives and take a look back at some of my all time baby frogfish encounters. I have seen hundreds and hundreds of frogfish in my time working at Atmosphere Resorts & Spa, with around 400 different individuals encountered in 2016…
Daniel Geary
15th February 2017
Ube Ice Cream served at Atmosphere Resort in Dumaguete PhilippinesDining

Ube – purple sweet potato that makes the best ice cream

Did you hear about the Ube doughnuts in Brooklyn that cost a staggering $1,000 a dozen and wondered what that purple thing tastes like? Well here in the Philippines, they’re everywhere… Pronounced as Ooh-beh and commonly known as purple yam, this gem-like root crop in color purple originated in Asian tropics and is of course very popular here in the Philippines. Similar to sweet potato, taro and yucca, it is…
Alma Zosan Alcoran
29th January 2017
Octopus sex at Atmosphere resort in Dauin, Dumaguete, PhilippinesMarinelifeScuba Divingunderwater photoUnderwater Sightings

Octopus Sex

Octopus are one of the most interesting critters a diver can encounter while underwater. Whether the fact that they can squeeze into any crevice that their beak will fit into or that they can change color and texture in an instant, one of the most interesting things about octopus is actually their sex life. Octopus will begin to metabolize their own muscles when they become sexually mature to make their…
Daniel Geary
15th January 2017