Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet/Cliffside in
Micronesia/Palau

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Aggressor Fleet/Cliffside: "Palau in the rainy season", Jul, 2014, by Mark Reckman, OH, US ( Reviewer 4 reports). Report 7831.
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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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Value for $$
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Comments	Started with three days of land based diving, then a week of live aboard. Both are great, but liveaboard gives you twice as many dives. July is rainy season and we had cloudy skies and choppy seas. But, we also had small groups, lots of room on the boats and more privacy on the reefs. The hotels are not full and there was no waiting in stores and restaurants. I like the off season. Note that the choppy seas are outside of the fringe reef and most of the ride to the sites is inside the reef where the seas were calm. When you are close to the site, you slip thru the reef into the chop and then drop into the water. Once under, the choppy surface is irrelevant. The live aboards all stay inside the reef, so there was no discomfort. The wildlife is tremendous - the best I have ever seen. The water Bourne nutrients that support the fish and coral limits the viz to maybe 40 or 50 feet - sometimes better. Big fish everywhere. Tremendous coral. Claims the size of a sofa chair. Anemone the size of a throw rug. The diversity of fish is 10 x that of the Carib.
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over Carrib., South Amer. and Micronesia
Closest Airport	Palau	Getting There	Various
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Back on the boat with 500 psi. No deco diving.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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	Limited viz makes wide angle shots tough. Bring lots of light. Think macro.

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet/Cliffside in Micronesia/Palau

Aggressor Fleet/Cliffside: "Palau in the rainy season", Jul, 2014,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet/Cliffside in
Micronesia/Palau