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A Harley on the Atmosphere House ReefMarinelife

A Harley on the Atmosphere House Reef

One of the most sought after underwater critters is the beautiful harlequin shrimp, found in the Indo-Pacific. Despite being a very rare critter, the harlequin shrimp makes an appearance in Dauin from time to time and is mainly found in coral reefs, not at 'mucky' dive sites. We have been lucky at Atmosphere, with three visits this year, counting in the one on the house reef right now! “Harleys” as…
Daniel Geary
4th September 2014
Jawfish on the Atmosphere Resorts house reef Jawfish on the Atmosphere Resorts house reefMarinelife

Jaws! A house reef favourite…

One of the many awesome critters we have in Dauin – and even better, plenty on the Atmosphere Resorts house reef - is the jawfish. There are roughly 40 species of jawfish, but one species, the Yellowbarred jawfish, is happy to call the our house reef its home. You can find a good number of these small fish (up to 10 cm) below the main reef in the rubble field…
Daniel Geary
16th July 2014
Our Amazing House ReefUnderwater Sightings

Our Amazing House Reef

One of the greatest things about Atmosphere Resorts when it comes to scuba diving is our amazing house reef. We are blessed with a healthy reef with great muck diving right in our own backyard. Or maybe we should call it “front yard” as it is right in front of the resort? Although the Dauin coast here on Negros Oriental has some amazing dive sites, we have many guests who…
Daniel Geary
4th April 2014
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Miss Piggy? A tiny pink visitor…

Imagine our surprise when we heard the rumors that a rare pygmy seahorse had found itself a home on the Atmosphere Resort house reef. Below 30 meters (great for Nitrox divers!) on a pink sea fan, the hunt began! Our master critter spotters in the dive team soon found our new little friend, and he or she was indeed very small! But considering it was the first pygmy seahorse as…
Atmosphere Resorts
22nd June 2013