Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in
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Palau Aggressor II, Apr, 2002, by Dennis Johnson, NY, USA . Report 76.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Palau Aggressor II (April 21-28 2002): This was the second trip on the Palau Agressor II (my first trip was in Feb of 1997). A few good surprises… and a few bad. First of all the "coral bleaching" problem isn't as bad as I was lead to expect and Jellyfish lake had literally millions more jellyfish than it did first time around. The diving was even better than I remembered - Blue Corner, Blue Hole, Peleliu Corner… absolutely fantastic. Diving from the Aggressor skiff is as easy as it gets. The skiff drivers were there whenever/wherever you surfaced (EPIRBs were issues to all diver pairs just in case one of us got away). On the bad side, the Aggressor itself according to the crew has not been in drydock for at least 7 years (it hadn't been renovated since my first trip!) and while it's kept very clean and organized the entire boat is starting to show serious wear and tear. The bilge pumps periodically ran (loudly) due to leaks in the hull and the fridge in the galley was totally dead by the end of the week. However the rooms were still OK with good AC and plumbing. My only real complaint was a general indifference by the crew (especially toward the end of the week after the tab was settled) and the lack of ability to keep to a schedule during the day - to get 4/5 dives a day in, I always felt like things were rushed and on the verge of not happening. In fact, at the end of the week on the last day we were so behind schedule that we never made it to town as planned and didn't even get to eat dinner before needing to get to the airport to leave the island. Overall the crew "did there jobs" for the most part but there wasn't any real stand-out service (except Doug the Photopro and Rick a new divemaster who seemed to really care about the guests). This was the second week for my group on back to back aggressor trips (Truk Agressor was week 1) and while the Truk boat/crew totally spoiled us, the Palau boat/crew left something to be desired - as they say "there is a choice in airlines and liveaboards today". If Palau is in my future dive plans, I may try one of the other options.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Truk, Palau, Fiji, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Thailand/Burma, Bonaire, Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, Anguilla, St. Tropez/Port Grimaud France, Hawaii, New York/New Jersey Wreck Valley, Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No decompression diving
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Daily E-6, large camera table and dedicated rinse buckets. Most of the crew careful with equipment. Photopro (Doug) very helpful with advise and accomodating to all requests. Doug also went the extra mile taking lots of pics of all the guests for his end of the week slide show - he then gave away all the slides of the respective guests - very nice touch! Light boxes and mounting supplies provided free.

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in Micronesia/Palau

Palau Aggressor II, Apr, 2002,

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in
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