Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor in
Africa/Egypt

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Red Sea Aggressor: "Red Sea Aggressor is worth the effort", Jun, 2015, by Elizabeth Russell, PA, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 8240 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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 15th live aboard and tenth Aggressor. It was by far the best experience yet. The crew was beyond helpful. They helped us get geared up and took our suits and booties off after the dives and put them in a rinse tank with an antibacterial agent so the suits never smelled bad, even after a week of diving. They always had the gear ready at our station when it was time to dive. The Nitrox fills were consistently 33-34%. Most dives were done from the boat but the ones from the dinghies were easy due to the crew's help. They assisted in boarding the dinghies and were always there when we surfaced to take our gear and help us aboard. The corals are healthy and the sea life is abundant and varied (we did the southern route), and the diving was easy. There is always a leader in the water but you are free to dive your own profile if you wish. The standard rooms are spacious for a liveaboard with lots of storage room and the bathroom is large with plenty of shelf space. Each standard room has two beds with a cabinet, shelf, and drawers between them. There is a porthole in the bathroom and one in the main cabin. There are flat screen TVs in each cabin and videos are available to download on provided thumb drives. The crew keeps the boat immaculately clean and nothing is out of place. The food was good, although it took a day or two for the chefs to figure out how to make better vegetarian selections. They had a cocktail party with sushi the last day of the trip and even provided vegetarian sushi. We booked shore tours with Liveaboard Vacations, Aggressor’s in-house travel agency and everything was handled well. They booked us travel to and from Cairo, Hurghada, and Luxor and our hotel in Luxor. Our trip leaders met us at the airport and took us to our hotels, picked us up for our tours, and provided excellent tours for the temples and pyramids. The Maritim Jolie Ville in Luxor is a great hotel and very safe. Overall, we had an excellent time and would return to this boat again. Egypt is a little scary (okay, a lot scary) but our guides and crew made everything easy.
Websites	Red Sea Aggressor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Papua New Guinea, Australia, North Sulawesi, Fiji, Cozumel, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Belize, Roatan, Curaçao, Bonaire, Galapagos, Kona, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Panama
Closest Airport	Hurghada	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	no currents
Water Temp	74-77°F / 23-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		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	The camera table is small and the charging stations are below the top level, which was somewhat inconvenient. There were plenty of outlets

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Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor in Africa/Egypt

Red Sea Aggressor: "Red Sea Aggressor is worth the effort", Jun, 2015,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor in
Africa/Egypt