Dive Review of Cayman Aggressor IV in
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Cayman Aggressor IV: "Great Trip on the Cayman Aggressor IV", May, 2016, by Richard J Lunsford Jr, KY, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 8934.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	In a nutshell, did this May 14 - 21 trip aboard the 110 foot long, 22 foot wide boat, which has 3 cabin categories - I did the cheapest (twin share; a small 2 bunk room that shares an adjacent bathroom with another twin share room). Bunk was comfortable and room storage adequate for my needs; I spend very little time in the room on a live-aboard. Bathroom was narrow, but I usually showered off after dives on the back of the boat so not a problem. Great crew took good care of us. Chef Kingsley is quite reputable and the food was fine. Diving is standard Caribbean warm, very good viz. diving. Currents were minimal and never a problem. We did 25 dives over 14 sites (would've been 13, but fisherman were using a site the Captain wanted to hit); 5 on Grand Cayman, 16 off Little Cayman (the Bloody Bay Wall/Jackson's Bight area) and 2 on the Russian Destroyer off Cayman Brac. Varied topography (including strongly vertical walls), good mix of life (e.g.: reef & nurse sharks, Nassau, tiger and yellow fish grouper, queen & ocean trigger fish, green morays, lots of scrawled filefish), and more docile fish than is typical (e.g.: Nassau grouper that approach and allow touching; a sea turtle swam out to check out a diver). We hit 3 wrecks; the Doc Poulson, Keith Tibbett's Russian Destroyer and the Kittiwake. They don't allow solo diving but buddy teams can go do their own thing. Nitrox mix tended to turn around 30%. Bloody Bay Wall off Little Cayman has a reputation for possibly the best Caribbean diving, which put it on my bucket list. The Cayman Aggressor IV proved an excellent way to dive the Cayman islands region. For more detail, I've got a trip report & region summary posted at Scuba Board - [scubaboard.com link]
Websites	Cayman Aggressor IV
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Bonaire (> 150 dives), Key Largo (20 dives), Jupiter, Fl (10 dives), Belize via live-aboard (26 dives), North Carolina (9 dives), several on Caribbean cruise stops.
Closest Airport	Georgetown	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No solo. Don't exceed 110' depth.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was a separate rinse tank for cameras and they had plenty of room on the camera table for them.

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Dive Review of Cayman Aggressor IV in Cayman Islands

Cayman Aggressor IV: "Great Trip on the Cayman Aggressor IV", May, 2016,

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Dive Review of Cayman Aggressor IV in
Cayman Islands