Aquanaut Dive Center
Aquanaut Dive Center
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We offer scuba diving activities for everybody such as fun dives and PADI courses. Dive in the most fascinating location of El Nido, Philippines
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Sessie092
Paris, France6 contributions
Feb 2020
We went to this dive center to have our PADI and it was a great choice ! Axel is a great instructor, very kind and patient, we felt very safe with him and we had a great time. Diving in El Nido was incredible and it is a great spot to get your PADI ! On top of this the center was very responsive. I completely recommend this dive center
Written March 16, 2020
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Jason M
1 contribution
May 2024 • Couples
We had a great time diving with Joel and aquanauts. After diving the shipwrecks in Busamgua/ Coron, we were extremely disappointed with our first dive day in El Nido with a different dive company. We decided to try another dive, this time with aquanauts, who changed our thought and experience diving in El Nido. The were not only extremely hospitable, but tailored our dive to our experience level. I highly recommend use if this dive shop. 10 Stars
Written May 25, 2024
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Voyager68522719995
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Couples
Excellent diving center in El Nido, good equipment, a human-sized boat and an attentive team led by the manager Yvan 👍👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful dives on magnificent and varied spots. Thank you Team Aquanaut.
Beautiful dives on magnificent and varied spots. Thank you Team Aquanaut.
Written December 1, 2023
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Clément
Lyon, France6 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
We spent a wonderful day with Marina ! Very professional and friendly, she knew how to make us feel comfortable.
The briefing was complete and clear. The review exercises were done in a very professional manner and the fun dives were great.
The visibility of El Nido’s water was so good and we saw a lot of sea creatures !
Coffee, cookies, were served in the morning, and the lunch was delicious !
Thanks to Marina and all the staff ! We had a great day with them all !
The briefing was complete and clear. The review exercises were done in a very professional manner and the fun dives were great.
The visibility of El Nido’s water was so good and we saw a lot of sea creatures !
Coffee, cookies, were served in the morning, and the lunch was delicious !
Thanks to Marina and all the staff ! We had a great day with them all !
Written April 22, 2024
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Valentine B
35 contributions
Jan 2024 • Couples
We did 3 dives with aquanaut and it was great. Our equipment was well maintained, the staff were very friendly and the food on the boat was very good. We knew that the visibility wasn't going to be incredible in January but we still managed to see lots of interesting things. We stayed several nights at the Bangka Hostel just above, so it was really very convenient. I recommend 100%
Written January 24, 2024
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Shahar Z
1 contribution
We sighned up as a couple for three dives. When we started the first dive I didnt feel good and couldnt do any of the three dives and had to stay on the boat the entire day. I was supposed to pay 3200 php for the three dives and at the end they only refund 800 php.
They took 2400 php for an entire day with no dives!
Do not encourage this place.
They took 2400 php for an entire day with no dives!
Do not encourage this place.
Written March 27, 2015
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Hi Sharar,
Im sorry if you get disappointed for the price, but we are a dive center and not a island hopping company, I'm sorry for you if you was sick on the boat but you cannot blame aquanaut dive center for that, you still jump in the water and did a dive (even if you cancel it before the end), our regular price are fix and it cost 2400php for a single dive. Also you talk about 3200 for your friend thats mean we been nice to give him a discount already no??
Written March 29, 2015
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Sai C
Bengaluru, India211 contributions
Aug 2019 • Friends
This place is located at heart of El Nido and easy to find out. I went for Discover Scuba Diving with three other friends of mine. The experience was wonderful. A big shout out to our Instructor Paloma for making the diving experience great and wonderful. The dive centre was very professional. Would definitely recommend this dive centre for Diving in El Nido
Written August 14, 2019
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N. R
Seoul, South Korea2 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
I'm a certified diver and I booked a whole day package at this place and I must say that this was the best diving school I've been to so far. The staff is really friendly and everybody speaks good English. I had the joy to experience the fun-dive with only one dive-master, which made the whole experience even better. My dive-master Fhar was a really nice guy who showed me some really nice places around El Nido. The food provided by the chef was really nice and fresh. My friend made his diving license here and the Spanish instructor Óscar was really patient anschauen helpful and was a nice guy to hang out with.
Written June 24, 2019
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Nate N
Brittany, France15 contributions
Apr 2016 • Solo
Diving with Aquanaut was an amazing experience! Good spots in the area, super friendly staff, professionals and passionate people, good feeling with everyone, amazing boat, bar upstairs to relax after diving...definitely a great place to go for courses or just fun dives :-)
Written June 11, 2016
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Thank you very much to dive with us. I'm glad you enjoy the diving in El Nido and the relaxing moment logging the dives and sharing your experience with other divers in Safety Stop Bar. Lot of bubbles!
Written September 27, 2016
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Brendan H
Birmingham, UK17 contributions
Mar 2019 • Couples
I’ve discovery dives before and I’ve never learnt as much or felt as safe as with our dive master (cheeky) Nando.
We did three drives, he taught us everything we needed to know on the first dive, so we could safely operate our own gear!
We had three dive masters to five people on our boat, which gives a very personalised experience!
Coral is amazing, plenty of interesting marine life to see. Nando told us afterwards what we had seen, and used a reference book so we could see pictures.
The boat was perfect - free self services water, coffee, plenty of shade for everyone, onboard toilet
Lunch was the best yet. Chicken, pork, fish, potatoes, veg, rice, fruit - cooked to perfection, and more than enough of it!
We did three drives, he taught us everything we needed to know on the first dive, so we could safely operate our own gear!
We had three dive masters to five people on our boat, which gives a very personalised experience!
Coral is amazing, plenty of interesting marine life to see. Nando told us afterwards what we had seen, and used a reference book so we could see pictures.
The boat was perfect - free self services water, coffee, plenty of shade for everyone, onboard toilet
Lunch was the best yet. Chicken, pork, fish, potatoes, veg, rice, fruit - cooked to perfection, and more than enough of it!
Written March 17, 2019
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Hi,
Would you have a speedboat for our group of 10 adults and 3 kids aged 5, 7, 9?
Could we combine tour or big or small lagoon with an intro dive?
Date of travel Dec 28-Jan 1.
Thanks!
Written January 31, 2020
Hi, we offer scuba diving activities, please for more information, we will answer you with pleasure at info@aquanautelnido
Kind regards,
Monica
Written February 1, 2020
Hola, voy el mes que viene a palawan con una amiga, somos nuevas en.esto del buceo y queriamos saber si tenemos que llevar algun carnet de curso para practicar submarinismo con inmersión, gracias
Written September 7, 2018
Hola! si no tenéis el open water diver, tendréis que hacer un bautismo de buceo e ir en todo momento controladas por un dive master, si os gusta la experiencia y tenéis tiempo allí, mi recomendación es que aprovechéis para sacaros el título de open water diver, el nido es uno de los mejores lugares para hacer buceo del mundo, hay entre 20-40m de visibilidad, yo me lo saqué allí este agosto en aquanut y lo recomiendo 100%.
Written September 9, 2018
hola mon néné c est ton dark divemaster ki est de retour au philippines je sui a manila bloker pour le moment j ai fai une boulette avec mon passeport du coup en attendant k il soit pré je vais dans le nord voir luzon avec une bonne copine......mon num est le 09214195083 si tu peu mappeler et me trouver une solution j ai du fromage et de la charcute et si tu veux ke ca arrive jusk a chez toi fodrai un frigo sur manila. on parts jeudi apreme........il est ou le chop aquamundo?bise a toute l équipe yannick.si ya une barak la ou les tuch vivai de dispo si tu peu la reserver pour moi et la cop's serait o top bise poto
Written November 29, 2016
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