Allison,
Last year I went twice to the Philippines. 2nd dive had all of us on rebreathers diving the shllows with short eel grass. Water wasn't as clear as could be.
After the dives, the trip organizer and the rest were complaining what a sucky dive it was.
I said, what are you talking about?! Did you see those cool razorfish?! And did you see that dancing cleaner shrimp on that stalk anemone?! Or the napolean snake eel?!
Their reply was; We didn't see any sharks, no big fish, yada-yada.
I was the only one who thought the muck dive was really great.....