Sogod Bay Scuba Resort

It's one of my favourite places in the Philippines for diving. This time we stayed with Sogod bay diving resort and it was a great choice. The staff, diving crew, owners, an Australian and Philippino couple, are just so nice, welcomingvand helpful. Great food too. For the diving it is pure 10, so much variety underwater. Just go there and enjoy.

Analyn was very accommodating and helpful. She did just about everything. Front desk, server, looked for whale sharks on our tour while getting stung by jelly fish, and answering to a million questions each day. Dave also did his best to find a whale shark but no luck. Regardless, the staff made our stay awesome. We stayed in the deluxe room with a king bed and a single bed. Everything was great, my only suggestion is to not flush toilet paper down the toilet. It may take awhile to flush down so just wait a bit if you can help it. The view of the ocean is beautiful and we were located steps away from the front desk/dining area/meeting area for the tour. Thank you Analyn for being attentive and making our stray an awesome one and for the late checkout option!

What can I say! This is one of the most welcoming DIVE resorts around. The owners are present every day, and often join dives. Food is great and the staff very nice. Diving is relaxed, safe and well organized, with a great variety of dive sites, all the way from stunning reefs with a LOT of fish to black sand diving. No crowds, you and your group will probably never meet another diver when diving. Furthermore, the resort is doing a lot of reef restoration work, and sometimes organizes broken coral transplantation with guests. So if you haven’t already been there, go!

Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is a cosy little place with the kindest staff. The helped us arrange trips and we were originally only going to do some snorkeling. However after our first trip, the other residents at the resort convinced us to go for a scuba dive. We were beyond grateful that we did! We went with our instructor Pedro* and he showed us a world of un imaginable beauty on 4 peaceful dives over 2 days around Sogod Bay. The life and colors were fantastic. We went on a trial dive but everything was controlled, professional and very very serene and beautiful. *our dive instructor Pedro is a peaceful soul and very nice and extremely skilled diver. However! We believe that all the divers at Sogod Bay Scuba Resort at equally professional and good at what they do! So whoever you get as your instructor, we are certain you are gonna have a great experience. Though we also really loved our dives with Pedro. Beside the dives! The rooms were nice and food was good at the resort. Staff is friendly and helpful!

I am an underwater photographer and visited Sogod Bay Scuba Resort again in January. I have dived at many places around the World and Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is my favorite place to come back to. The diving there is fantastic and varied: some of the best wall/reef diving anywhere plus lots of macro/muck subjects. Also lots of turtles, whalesharks and we often get to see dolphins while crossing the bay. As good as the diving is, the people are what really makes the place special for me. The staff at Sogod Bay Scuba resort are friendly, warm, hard-working and fun loving! The resort itself is just steps from the water with clean comfortable rooms and fantastic views. The restaurant is also fantastic with a large menu and reasonable prices. It takes some travel to get there, but it is well worth it as the diving is not crowded and the locale not over-tourist-ed. I look forward to visiting there again soon!

We just returned from a 4-day stay at the Sogod Bay Scuba Resort and are sad we had to leave so soon...we enjoyed every moment! Every single member of the staff is incredibly friendly, welcoming and kind - they immediately make you feel at home. We stayed in the Deluxe Oceanfront Room, which is very spacious and comfortable - and only two steps from the beautiful beach. The room and facilities are kept very clean, the restaurant was delicious and - again - we just felt very comfortable and happy all around. The diving itself was spectacular. We took the larger boat for all of our trips, which was the perfect size and very comfortable. The boat crew and dive masters are super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Our dive master Greg went out of his way to find and show us even the smallest sea creature (all of which we would have certainly missed without him), while at the same time leaving us space and time to explore by ourselves. Every dive spot was amazing. We even saw dolphins on our way there! Overall, this was some of the most relaxing diving we have ever done - nothing was rushed and we were always taken great care of. The resort takes some time to get to from Tacloban, but it is well worth the trip. The next time, we will absolutely stay longer!