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Aqua Cat, May, 2003, by Gerald Canning, Nevada, United States . Report 492.
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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	This was a first class dive boat -- in the words of the many divers who had taken other liveaboard trips on the Agressor and Hughes fleets -- it was the nicest boat they had ever seen. The rooms were spaceous, either two twin beds or a king sized bed, bathroom and shower, large closets and a mini-refrigerator. The dive deck was well laid out with plenty of room. 32-33% Nitrox was available for an added package price of $100 for the whole week (26-27 dives are possible in a week). Tanks were available as 100, 80, 63 or 50 cu feet -- your choice, and you could dive until you exhaused your tank!! There were fresh water shower stalls on the dive deck -- 4 or 5 showers a day were common, with 3 fresh water makers, running out was not a problem. The main deck was well laid out. The lounge area was big enough to accomodate the dining area as well as a separate seating area with couches, TV, DVD and VSH equipment. Chief Jim was awesome. We can hardly wait for his cookbook to be published. The Captain and crew were hard working, friendly and truly working to make this a great dive experience. I had difficulty with my regulator, and they went out of their way to loan me bits and pieces to that I could make it through the week. All diving was done from the Aqua Cat -- even though we had a shore boat which could carry about 25 and a safety craft in the water at all times. Its an impressive site to do a drift dive from a 105' cat, at night and have the captain nimble enough to pick us up with no additional effort on our part. Obviously, he had a well trained dive team. Safety was key --during the dives there always was a divemaster on the front of the boat, two on the rear deck and one in the water. We had some great wall dives, a teriffic shark feeding dive and some shallow dives. We saw Southern Rays, Yellow Rays, Spotted Eagle rays, Caribbean Reef Sharks, Silky sharks, large lobster and all of the usual reef fish. The only problem with the whole week is the relative scarcity of fish. We all saw at least one of everything you would expect to see -- but we didn't see the big quantities of fish I expect to see -- particularly since we were diving in a marine park. While I can not praise the boat and the crew enough, it wasn't in their power to find us large groupings of fish. I'm glad I went and I greatly enjoyed the trip -- but I doubt that I will go back.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Cozumel, Florida Keys and Northern California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	75-200 Ft/ 23-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Get back on board with air in the tank.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was a dedicated table for cameras with a dry air hose set up for drying cameral equipment before putting it back on the camera table. Divemasters would hand you your camera in the water, and take it back and put it in a dedicated rinse tank as you exited the water. There was a dry charging area with a lot of outlets -- with about ten cameras aboard, there never was a problem getting an 110v outlet.

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat in Bahamas/Exuma

Aqua Cat, May, 2003,

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Dive Review of Aqua Cat in
Bahamas/Exuma