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Aqua Cat Cruises: "Aqua Cat", Nov, 2020, by John Miller, TX, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 11505.
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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	Due to weather we missed several dive opportunities mid-week to end of the trip. Captain tried to find some spots but we only got one dive on Thursday and none on Friday - the night dive Wednesday was cancelled as well (that was the only night dive I had planned on making and missed out) so lesson is do them when you can. I have handled worse seas and currents, but with a few less experienced divers on the trip the Captain made the right decision and made every effort to find us a protective cove to try and dive. They run a top-notch dive boat operation and with over 5400 logged dives I can attest to that. I would dive with them again just for that reason, but for the fact that every dive site was disappointing to my wife and I for the money spent. I am sure had there not been the threat of storms the Captain would have taken us to better locations. Being the last diver up on one dive in rough seas with a camera, I was disappointed to find no one on the dive deck to assist me. Their diver check out/in was two boards on two different tables where divers were to move their tag to be off the boat or on the boat. Most divers, including myself, would forget. So when I came up as the last diver expecting someone on the dive deck you can see my concern. Would the boat have left if my tag showed I was on the boat? There was never anyone asking dive time and depth like on most dive boats as a means of accountability and that was a surprise. But the main thing on this trip was the fact that at least 6 divers and 2 crew tested positive for COVID within days of the trip. At least two divers showed up with symptoms on the first day even though having acquired the Bahamas Health Dept VISA for COVID. Social distancing on a boat is impossible, especially with games like Twister being played after dinner and no one but food service staff wearing masks. Travel during COVID is a gamble as there are absolutely no procedures that will adequately protect you in crowed airports, hotels, or dive boats.
Websites	Aqua Cat Cruises
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Wakaobi, Figi, Roatan, Tobago, Cozumel, Cayman, Philappines, Belize, Truk, Turk & Caicos, Tabago, St Croix
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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	Nice camera table with air. Crew always placed our cameras in freshwater tanks as we came back from dive and took care in passing them to us for the dive. Plenty of charging stations.

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By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Sep 25, 2021 17:13 EST

Really stinks that symptomatic divers were allowed to board. I hope they were cabinmates! I share your concern about no crew on deck when you surfaced.

By report author: John Miller in TX, US at Sep 25, 2021 18:00 EST

No they weren't cabin mates thank goodness. Their symptoms didn't appear until second day of trip. Such is the virus. We've learned a lot about it since this time last year. Bahamas is still on the high risk list. Hope it is better next spring as we have a return trip on the Aqua Cat scheduled for early May.

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat Cruises in Bahamas/Nassau

Aqua Cat Cruises: "Aqua Cat", Nov, 2020,

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat Cruises in
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