Summer Cruise Dive Resort

Busy and I looked for a dive resort that is just near when we found Summer Cruise Dive Resort in San Luis, Batangas. This dive resort is perfect if you are in a budget but you want to snorkel, freedive, or scuba dive! So, if ever you want a quick weekend getaway, chill, or explore the ocean, you have to stay here.

Website: https://www.summercruisediving.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Summer-Cruise/

Contact numbers: 09166663772 GLOBE ; 09478127671 SMART

Address: San Luis, Batangas

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pv7jYxbR4ibKZTnX8

Quick Links

• How to go to Summer Cruise?
• Accommodation
• What to do in Summer Cruise?
• Rates
• Happy and Busy’s Smileys

How to Go to Summer Cruise Dive Resort?

Private Transportation

• There are two ways, first you can go through SLEX then Star Tollway exit Lipa city, then take Bauan- San Luis Road. Second, you can go through Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway, Lemery Highway, Palico – Balayan Batangas Road, Taal-San Luis Road.
• Or just put Summer Cruise in your Waze/ Google Maps and follow it.
• Park in Parking A of Summer Cruise / Binukbok parking (Php 100 day / Php 150 overnight)
• You may walk for 100 meters or ask the resort to arrange for the boat (Php 50 per way)

Public Transportation

• From LRT Buendia or Cubao, take a DLTB or JAM bus with the sign “LEMERY”
• Go down at Xentro Mall or at the Terminal 210
• Ride a tricycle to Brgy. Balite in San Luis P150
• Go down at Parking A of Summer Cruise / Binukbok parking
• You may walk for 100 meters or ask the resort to arrange for the boat (Php 50 per way)

After following the directions through waze, we parked in this parking area with a fee of Php 150 for overnight.

We were supposed to be brought by this boat to the resort, unfortunately the waves are very strong. So, the boat man said he can’t bring us to the resort.

So, instead of taking the boat, we walked for 100 meters to reach the resort. At first we passed by some houses, then these rocks until we reached the resort.

Accommodation of Summer Cruise Dive Resort

Island Room

We booked the best room in Summer Cruise Dive Resort. The Island Room is located at the second floor, perfect for viewing the ocean.

The room has 1 double bed, and 1 single bed, a ceiling fan, a desk fan, an electric mosquito catcher, and it has its own comfort room.

The room has a balcony too so you can see the ocean.

We even didn’t needed the desk fan because it was cold at night in the room.

This is the view from the room when we looked at the left side.

Here is the private comfort room of Island Room. It has its own sink, toilet bowl, drum of water, dipper, and the most important, a heater.

Coral Room

This room is just like our room, but it has its own windows, and it has 2 single beds.

Same as ours it has a ceiling fan and its own comfort room.

Summer Cruise Dive Resort’s Room Rates

There are other rooms in the resort that you can choose from, or even rent a tent.

Here are the rates of all of the rooms:

* Check in 2PM, Check out 10AM. Additional hour Php 100 per hour

* Rooms are good for 2 pax. Additional person is P 350 per pax (Children 10 below P150)

What to do in Summer Cruise?

There are a lot of activities that you can do in Summer Cruise.

1. Relax

The easiest activity is just relaxing in the resort. There are various sun bathing beds and hammocks in the area so you can relax.

Just like Busy in the picture below, he can easily take a nap here. 😆

2. Swim, Snorkel, Scuba Dive

Summer Cruise is just beside the ocean so you can easily swim. If you want to snorkel, just rent from them, or share them in Facebook so you can borrow the snorkeling gears for FREE!

Scuba Diving is the best activity with Summer Cruise. Just like us, we took the introduction to scuba diving lessons from them.

Our Introduction to Scuba Diving lessons at: https://happyandbusytravels.com/introduction-to-scuba-diving/

3. Play with the Pets, or bring your own

YES! They are pet friendly. Summer Cruise has its own pets, these cats. They are very playful and close to the people, you can feed them if you want. I played with them, and I fed them a bit of fish, that’s why they kept on sitting beside us.

These are some pets of the visitors.

4. Read a Book

There is a lot of books in the resort, but most of them are in Japanese. Even though they are in Japanese, I tried to read one comics and it was a bit entertaining hahaha.

5. Play Table Tennis

If you love playing Table Tennis or Ping Pong, there is a table here. You can rent this and enjoy it.

6. Try Fishing or Watch the Fish and Crabs

We never tried fishing, but we’re sure we can catch some by just standing in the resort because there are a lot of fishes around!

Here is one of the crabs roaming around.

Here is our view when you just look at your side from the resort, there are a lot of fishes already. Plus there are Jellyfish around, but according to the locals they don’t sting that much. Some fisherman in the area pass by them and they don’t feel anything.

7. Enjoy the Night

Who doesn’t enjoy the night? We had a great time spending the night here.

Plus they have cute Christmas lights 🙂

8. Eat!

Of course! Eat!

You can bring or cook your own food in the resort, the corkage is just Php 200, or you can bring your food and have it cooked by their staff for P100 per person.

We do not want the hassle of cooking or bringing our own food so we just bought food from the resort. Just look at the tray below, we have a lot of food for our dinner!

Here is Summer Cruise’s menu during our stay:

By the way, they have unlimited coffee all day and night.

Here are some of the dishes that we ordered:

I’m sorry for the next picture because we ate a lot before taking a picture hahaha. Obviously the egg here is just the yellow part, and the Beef Tapa was a lot before we took this photo. 😆

Summary of Summer Cruise Dive Resort’s Rates

Room Rates

* Check in 2PM, Check out 10AM. Additional hour Php 100 per hour

* Rooms are good for 2 pax. Additional person is P 350 per pax (Children 10 below P150)

Corkage Fee Php 200

Cooking Fee Php 100

Snorkeling Gears Rental

Water Activities

Gears and equipment are included in the prices

Freediving Lessons Php 1,300

Intro to Scuba Diving (Beach Front)

Php 1,800 (25 minutes)

Php 800 per succeeding dive

Intro to Scuba Diving (Boat)

Php 2,800 (25 minute)

Php 1,200 per succeeding dive

Happy and Busy’s Smileys for Summer Cruise Dive Resort

Overall we had a great time in the resort. It was a bit far from civilization so we really felt like we were in a very far province in the Philippines. Plus everything in the resort is affordable. We’ll bring our family and friends here soon so they can also enjoy it.

Cleanliness

The resort was kept clean even though once in a while there are falling leaves.

Facilities

Service

All of the staff are very kind and accommodating. One cook even knocked in our door and told us that she is going home so she cooked our food and she told us that the other staff can heat it up for us, or if we want anything else, the other staff can cook it for us.

Value for money

Everything is affordable! Especially the introduction to scuba diving. The rooms are also priced properly.

Location 

It is a bit far from Manila, and we had to walk a few meters or ride a boat to reach it. But it was all worth it, it’s not that hard too. It has a perfect location too because it’s just between the mountain and the sea, so we can easily see fishes and crabs.

Ambiance 

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