Cebu Seaview Dive Resort

We enjoyed our stay in this dive resort, especially when comparing with the more expensive hotels we stayed later in our holiday in the Philippines. Very good sized bed and good quality of mattress. Nice little terrasse with sea view. Good food and portions large enough for a reasonable prize. Helpful staff. Great dynamic, atmosphere and energy in the dive center, lovely location and boats. We enjoyed our dive guide, Cino, who was friendly, helpful and competent with impeccable behaviour - not screaming around like others did most of the time. We also appreciated being welcomed by a friendly German speaking dive instructor upon our arrival. The reasons giving 4 and not 5 stars was the noisy staff. Especially at the restaurant the 2 first nights. Talking non stop very loudly, singing along with the too loud music, hanging around in the restaurant with their phones joking and talking very loudly. On the dive boat I once had to ask 4 guys of the staff to interrupt their loud talking during briefing, as I didn't understand a word the dive guide was saying.

Stayed 4 nights here in June 2025 with a goal of doing my rescue diver training, seeing the nearby sardines, and finishing with the whale sharks at Oslob. Rooms are basic but very clean, especially the bathrooms. Could almost take a star off the rating for the beds (these were not in our comfort zone!) but I think everything else plus the value of this place make up for it. On-site restaurant was good food, excellent value (100 php/beer!), and everyone exceptionally friendly. They knew my name on day one. The place is (obviously) very dive focused but well-managed and has a great view of the sea.

Stayed for 3 nights at Cebu Seaview for the scuba diving with their in house, but separate group, Cebu Fun Divers. Food - Food was tasty, breakfast was included. As someone else wrote, just expect the normal flies to come around to the fresh sliced fruit that’s out, but enjoy the different covered meats, and have your eggs how you like. Good coffee and plenty of it. Fresh juice was also out to help yourself. Really good coconut and mango shakes and juice. Noticed the price in town for a shake is about 50P (~1 USD) less, but then again you’re not going to be able to have the view in town. Also, had dinner one night that we ordered some garlic shrimps - they were ‘tourist’ shrimps without the heads, and smaller with 6 total shrimps - tasty, but basically a small appetizer. We had 12 large garlic shrimps with heads on still in town for less, so again, depends on what you’re after. Pool - We got to use the pool after it needed to be filled on the last day - very nice with the view! Outdoor shower next to it is a nice touch. View/Grounds - Out by the pool, next to it is a tree with soft lights in it - very nice touch. Excellent sunsets out there. The seating is well down as well for lounging or sitting with a bar to look out on the water. The small beach is used for walking out to the boats for scuba, or, diving right out into the water. Not too far out on the right was a large turtle! Noticed him out there about 100 feet from the coast line. Room - We did a deluxe Seaview room - as someone mentioned, the views are best from the 2nd floor, and still, our room (#6) and the ones next to us all had the buildings (kitchen, dive shop, etc) in front before the water, plus there are power lines there as well. Still, some great views of the water and property. Dive shop - The dive shop was very reasonably priced for a full day of 3 dives, plus all rental, was around 6750P, just under $120 USD, and a well-deserved 1000P tip to probably the best dive guide I’ve had in 70 dives now. BIG shout out to Nato (‘not before, not after’, Nato), who was my personal dive guide throughout my 3 dives. Other places will expect you to do all your equipment fit up, carry it all to the boat, and do all on your own, which is fine, but it was nice that this is all taken care of for you here. Nato watched over me like it was dive one for me, showed me soo many cool items! Electric clams are probably the coolest thing I’ve seen under water, and he showed me a bunch - you need a flash light to see the ‘Tron’ like electric current they have. Soo cool. Saw the sardine run, turtles large and small, the cast of Nemo, micro shrimps and crabs, huge clams hanging off the side of walls, and sooo much more. Great 3 dives. Probably my favorite was the sardine run, as you have constant entertainment from the sardines shimmering in the 1,000’s around you, while also a huge amount of activity on the coral below. Lots of hard and soft corals in these dives wi

We spent 4 nights here in a sea view deluxe room. Rooms are really nice, modern and new looking. Akin to a premium hotel chain but significantly more reasonably priced. The restaurant was nice, serving up tasty food both morning and night, with all the kitchen staff lovely, hard working and radiating happiness. The infinity pool is an added bonus. We were here for the diving and it didn’t disappoint. Ruel was a quality dive master, fun to dive with. He was attentive, supportive and good at spotting the better hidden specials such as octopus. Very good dive area. All in all, a quality place that we would definitely return to and therefore happily recommend.

This is a fun, fit for purpose dive resort. We spent 2 nights at the Seaview Cebu so that we could experience the sardine run dive - the dive operation was excellent and the resort while simple excellent in terms of the service, rooms and food. We enjoyed lounging by the pool after our dives enjoying a beer and chatting with other guests. Would recommend.