Atmosphere Resort & Spa

Atmosphere Resort & Spa in Dauin, Dumaguete, one of the best luxury dive resorts in the Philippines, offers excellent diving. Their impeccable service as you stay at this 5-star hotel, makes for a luxurious and comfortable stay with a wide array of amenities to please the discerning diver and traveler.

How To Get There

Located on the island of Negros, the resort is easily reached by a quick domestic flight into Dumaguete, from either Cebu or Manila international airports. Alternatively, it is 5 hours by road from Cebu City.

Dive Overview

Atmosphere's state-of-the-art dive center offers accommodating and knowledgeable staff, ensuring relaxing dive experiences. Atmosphere offers easy access to Dauin's excellent muck diving and the pristine coral reefs of Apo Island teeming with larger marine life.

Learn more about Dumaguete diving or see Atmosphere's dive sites.

Accommodation Overview

The maximum capacity at Atmosphere Resorts & Spa is around 100 guests. Guests choose from suites, premium suites, apartments, penthouses, or private pool suites, all boasting luxurious linens and 5 amenities.

All rooms come with complimentary breakfast, California king-size beds with luxurious Egyptian cotton linens, solar-heated water, eco-friendly cosmetics, coffee and tea, tropical fruit, energy reduction air-conditioners, flat-screen TVs, WiFi, minibar, rain showers, and a luxury turndown service.

Food & Drinks

Atmosphere places the utmost importance on the quality of the food and beverage experience, with the aim to create a flexible approach to dining throughout their dining venues. Whether guests wish for a romantic dinner on the beach, a seafood barbeque, a delicious pizza from a wood-fired brick oven, a game sampler in the elegant signature fine dining restaurant or simply relaxing at the bar, the choice is yours. Healthy eating is an integral part of Atmosphere dining and all menus and venues showcase delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes.

Atmospheres all-day dining restaurant, Breeze, has an open show kitchen where you can interact with the chefs, whether by choosing the ingredients for an Asian Wok to be cooked in front of you or selecting some local snapper for the grill. A purpose-built brick oven prepares the best pizzas on the coast. Open in the evenings, Atmospheres fine dining restaurant, Ocean, overlooks the famous Apo and Siquijor islands. As a first on Negros Oriental, it features Filipino fine dining with a twist. Guests can find traditional dishes from different regions around the Philippines, showcasing local ingredients and flavors in a beautiful yet recognizable way.

Placed at the head of the main pool deck, the pool bar is the central focus and meeting place for guests. Sample a large selection of international drinks, fresh cocktails, milkshakes, and snacks whilst you unwind after a long day of diving, an afternoon in the spa, or a day spent exploring Negros Island.

Feel free to join for Happy Hour between 5 and 6, take your meal with a bottle of wine or one of their locally brewed beers. On Thursday evenings, Atmospheres managers host a cocktail party at the bar from 6-7, where they enjoy a few drinks with guests.

Dive Information

The instructors and guides are highly trained and know how to get you the fantastic dives. They offer small group diving and the guests requests are accommodated within safety limits. They also offer flexible dive options.

• At Atmosphere, you can take full advantage of some of the worlds best scuba diving. The world-renowned Apo Island with its walls, stunning coral and schooling fish is a short boat ride away. Some of the worlds rarest critters compete for the underwater photographers attention along the Dauin coastline near Dumaguete in the Philippines, where Atmosphere is situated. The area is often frequented by underwater photographers in search of exquisitely rare shots.
• The night dives at Atmosphere are stunning, as are the mandarin fish dives at dusk and the fluoro dives where you can see the underwater worlds in a completely new light.

Dive Center Information

Atmosphere Dive Center is a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Resort. Some of the worlds rarest critters compete for the underwater photographers attention along the Dauin coastline where the Atmosphere Resort is situated. Divers can also enjoy the beauty of Apo Island, a world-renowned dive site, a short boat ride away.

The resort dive center has private dive equipment storage spaces, wireless internet, nitrox, a camera/video room with private workspace for each diver, full equipment rental, and a briefing area.

Atmospheres Dive Center offers a full range of PADI courses in multiple languages, as well as instructor courses, photography classes, and marine life presentations.

Dive Center Features

• Small dive groups max 4 divers per guide
• Up to 5 dives per day
• 3 House Dive Boats: an 84ft-long Banka boat & two 30ft-long speedboat
• No minimum number for night dives
• No minimum on day trips
• Free Nitrox for all Nitrox-certified divers
• Marine biologist guides
• Complimentary drinks, snacks, and hot face towels on boats
• Babysitting onboard boats and snorkel guides for kids
• A dedicated camera room
• House reef diving, coastal dive sites & Apo island trips
• Intro to Scuba in the pool for all non-certified Atmosphere guests (fees apply)
• PADI Instructor Development Courses 6 times per year
• PADI Course Director on site
• Marine life presentations several times per week
• 15 PADI divemasters and instructors
• Two in-house photo instructors

Practical Information

• Electricity: 220 Volts
• Time zone: UTC+8
• Accept Credit Cards?: Yes, VISA, Master Card, and AMEX
• Languages: Swedish, Swedish, Dutch, French, Mandarin, English & German