Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet, Apr, 2013, by Jeffrey W Garrison, FL, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 7229.
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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	This was our eighth live-aboard trip -- six of them w/ Aggressor Fleet. The boat, which has received rave reviews elsewhere, had seen better days: although the ship appeared well-maintained, the sails had been removed, so we motored everywhere; this and several other problems (limited goodies in the on-board shop) were attributed to the cheapskate attitude of the franchisees. All diving was done from a dhoni (launch), on which all dive equipment was stored throughout the week. Cameras were handled by the crew from the camera table on the mother ship to the camera table on the dhoni. On our first dive we were told that the aluminum tanks had been removed for testing, so we had VERY HEAVY steel 80s. It took almost all of us two days of diving to adjust our weights -- normally steel 80s are 2 lbs heavier than aluminum tanks, but these tanks were about 10 lbs heavier. My wife was down to 0 lbs of weight and still felt heavy. Dive briefings were detailed - as is the norm for Aggressor boats; they were done on the mother ship, but didn't necessarily match conditions found in the water once we reached the dive site. On several occasions we were told to perform a "negative entry" (i.e., enter w/o air in your BC so you can drop right down through the current). With 16 divers (all quite experienced) and two dive masters, we did not always meet up at the end of these negative entries. On one occasion, my wife and I bailed out of a dive when we realized that, no matter how hard we kicked, we were going backwards, away from the object of the dive. Most other divers bailed out of this dive too. In the discussion that followed the dive the senior dive master accused us of not having entered the water quickly enough -- even though my wife and I were the first two in the water. Problems that arose were always the fault of the divers. [We later learned, from a member of our trip who stayed on for the next week, that all of the crew except for one dive master had been fired at the end of the week. We hadn't even had time to let our feelings be know to Aggressor Fleet.]
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Aruba, Australia (GBR), Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, BVI, Caymans, Curacao, Fiji, FL Keys, Hawaii, Indonesia (Wakatobi), Saba, St Kitts, Statia, USVI, Yap/Palau/Truk Lagoon
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max 100 ft (Maldives law)
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Maldives

Aggressor Fleet, Apr, 2013,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Maldives