Picture of Reiss Bush, the new marine biologist at Atmosphere Resorts & Spa, Dauin, PhilippinesAtmosphere StaffMarine BiologyPADI CoursesScuba Diving

Meet Reiss – Our New Marine Biologist!

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be working here at Atmosphere in our little slice of tropical paradise. Taking over the position of in-house marine biologist from Kirsty and “Dr. Frogfish” is never going to be easy, but I am definitely up for the challenge! I hope to meet many of you in person and I will be posting regularly on this blog, so prepare yourself for plenty of dive…
Reiss Bush
15th February 2024
Marine Biologist Dauin PhilippinesAtmosphere StaffScuba DivingSustainabilityUnderwater Sightings

“Wanna move to the Philippines?!” – Sure!

"Congratulations!! I am happy to let you know that we have chosen you for the position!!!” - The email I received from Julia (Atmosphere’s HR Manager) at 3:30am one July morning. Four long, dark winters in London and the prospect of a 5th approaching quickly was enough to easily tempt me back to the tropics. 7 weeks later I was walking back across the green lawns of Atmosphere as their new…
Kirsty Richards
13th December 2018
PADI Course Director, Atmosphere Resorts, PhilippinesIDCNews

Another PADI Course Director in the house!

We are delighted to congratulate Tracy Chan who passed her CDTC examination in Malaysia last week. Tracy has been with Atmosphere for two years as the Regional Sales Manager for China and Hong Kong. She is also our Chinese-speaking Dive Instructor. Over the past year, Tracy has worked very hard towards reaching the prestigious rating of Course Director and we are very excited that Instructor Development Philippines now has 4 Course Directors in-house.…
Becky Stanbridge
9th October 2017
Dive Centre Manager, Atmosphere Resorts, PhilippinesAtmosphere StaffNewsScuba Diving

Oli takes the helm in the Dive Centre

The newest addition to the Atmosphere Team is Oliver “Oli” Watkins. Who has taken the helm as Dive Centre Manager in August. Oli is used to working with a big team, after many years of teaching diving, captaining boats, running dive centers and guiding all over the world. Most recently in the Cayman Islands. Originally British but with fluent German and conversational French, he fits Atmosphere like a glove! Hoping to…
Ulrika Kroon
26th August 2017