Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Aggressor Fleet: "Unbelievable corals, fish, mantas, pygmy cuttlefish and a dugong", Oct, 2024, by James Schoeneck, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 13166.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The reef health and fish population are by far the best I have seen anywhere. There are endless fields of colorful coral: staghorn, elkhorn, lettuce leaf, mushroom and huge gorgonian fans. All are teaming with fish, sometimes so many that you can't see the coral! The diversity of fish is amazing, from beautiful butterflies to 10 species of clownfish to schools of grouper and sweetlips and Napolean wrasse. The stars of the show were the mantas, both oceanic and reef. The manta cleaning stations were in constant motion until it was time to surface. The encounters were so close that they filled GoPro screens and almost blotted out the sun. The most ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Indo, Galapagos, Great Barrier, California, Baja, Turks, Bahamas and all over the Caribbean
Closest Airport	SOQ	Getting There	Almost all flights require a stop in Jakarta. Garuda Air flight is a 4 hr redeye, leaving at midnight and arriving 6 a.m. (2 hour time difference).
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All diving was from Zodiacs and involved drift. A reel and good SMB is a must.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	dedicated camera table accessible from each diver position. Plenty of charging stations inside the salon. Care taken with cameras while boarding zodiacs and covered during transit to dive sites. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Aggressor Fleet: "Unbelievable corals, fish, mantas, pygmy cuttlefish and a dugong", Oct, 2024,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat