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Aqua Cat Cruises: "Still the standard for comfortable and well-run liveaboards", Sep, 2021, by Harvey Cohen, NJ, US ( Sr. Contributor 25 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 11696.
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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	[facebook.com link] An excellent choice for my first ocean diving since late 2019. Service and accommodations are first-rate, and the diving is stress-free. They provided efficient airport transfers and after-cruise COVID tests. AquaCat serves a maximum of 24 divers (IIRC), but we had just 16 divers and 2 snorkelers. So the already spacious dive deck was especially roomy. Weather was very good, and seas were like glass most days. There was one slightly klutzy diver with just 50 dives, but the others had logged hundreds or even thousands. Each dive had one guide and usually one staff photographer. We could follow the guide on a 45-minute loop out and back to the mooring, after which we were on our own. Alternatively, buddy pairs could just go off on their own for the whole dive. Coral was somewhat beaten up, and there were surprisingly few really big fish despite being in or near the marine sanctuary. I paid a single supplement for solo use of their smallest cabin (#11). This cabin has lots of space for one person, but both the upper and lower bunks are a bit awkward to enter and exit. A person who is large in some dimension or has limited flexibility might want to avoid it. The Washing Machine dive is special-- lots of fun, and not available at most places in the world. Their shark feed is unusually well designed and run. The Austin Smith wreck provides a setting that is very photogenic. The snorkelers met a pod of dolphins once.
Websites	Aqua Cat Cruises
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Eilat, Bali, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Red Sea, Fiji, Palau, Coral Sea, Galapagos, many Caribbean locations, New Jersey, Florida, National Aquarium, Dutch Springs, Silfra (Iceland), Panama (Pacific)
Closest Airport	Nassau	Getting There	United has excellent direct service to and from Newark (EWR).
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	81-90°F / 27-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	Some very good macro and wide-angle opportunities.

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat Cruises in Bahamas/Exumas

Aqua Cat Cruises: "Still the standard for comfortable and well-run liveaboards", Sep, 2021,

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat Cruises in
Bahamas/Exumas