Magic Island Dive Resort

My stay in the Magic Islands was one great experience I'll remember for a long time. The staff was fantastic, they treated us like family members. They knew our names and the likes and dislikes for meals. The experience of being catered to on the boat, in the Dive Center, during the Dives, in the bar and the restaurant was exemplary. I have to call out the breakfast crew they were fun and entertaining never dull moment.

This has been the best dive resort we have been to. It was small and quaint. The dives were amazing. Food was really good. The staff was overwhelmingly friendly and accommodating. We felt right at home. We didn’t want to leave but we went to the sister resort magic oceans for our next dives.

The resort is fantastic . The diving is nowadays very poor as the area was damaged by an hurricane 2 years ago. The reef has been trashed. The only great thing to dive for is the sardines balls but they are too close to the beach and snorklers are now impacting on their behaviour . The island of Pescador offers some interesting dives too.

Band of Bubbles 2024 Philippines Dive Trip! This was the most SPLENDID vacation we've ever had! The Magic Resorts pair of Magic Island and Magic Oceans is just astonishingly great! The trip is long and grueling from the US, but it's worth every moment spent getting there! We spent one week at Magic Island and then transferred to Magic Oceans on Bohol. All of the transfers went without a hitch. What an AWESOME job they did at orchestrating all of that. Once we settled into Magic Island we had the most amazing week ever! The diving was awe-inspiring and the staff made our group feel like family. The pure joy and happiness was 24/7 during our stay. Not only was the diving incredible, but the food was seemingly endless and delicious! You won't go hungry here!!

It was a long journey to get to the resort, but it was worth all the time it took. Small resort but most friendly staff. The rooms are good, bathroom a little small, but they are planning to extend them. The food was excellent and the diving was well organized.

Having stayed at Magic Oceans we had expectations for the sister resort. On arrival we were told " you just came from Magic Oceans so everything here is just the same". But it wasn't. Sometimes the water bottles were refilled, but not always and housekeeping never replenished the coffee packets in the cabin. We were expected to put our dive gear together (not really a problem) but also dismantle and clean everything at the end if the day's diving. Unusual, actually. The boats are cramped with no toilet and no room to move during the surface interval. 3+ hours can be a long haul without a toilet. Off loading the dive equipment from the boat consists of inflating the BC and tossing it overboard. Might be why we lost a weight pocket. There is a lovely cabana for massage (just make sure the curtains are closed before stripping down as it's right in front of the bar. Most disconcerting were the pedicures done in the bar! Snipping toenails next to people enjoying a cocktail is frankly rather gross. It's fair to say that we were disappointed. Here's hoping it was an "off week" and this is not the norm.