Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet, Jan, 2012, by Allan Freilich, NY, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 6396.
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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	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	For all planning a foreign trip-get trip insurance! Anything can happen--Also: arrive 1 day in advance--anything can happen! American Airlines cancelled our flight between miami and Belize by calling family after we were in the air from NY to Miami!! They gave out vouchers for overnight stay but we were meeting a liveaboard!! When we finally reached the Aggressor's emergency person he arranged for a rep to meet us in Belize airport to hire a speed boat to take us to the Aggressor for about 250.00 each. (couldn't return home anyway because October 31 was the early snow storm in the Northeast-everything was cancelled, including rail lines) My buddies dive gear was misplaced during next day trip to Belize, pretty aggravating. Negotiated with American regarding this 250.00 fee and they finally agreed to not charge us (lost luggage also helped the negotiation, I'm sure) and we finally got to the boat loosing one day of diving. No one's fault, but we were at the tail end of the hurricane, so weather and vis were awful (gee, i could have stayed in NY and dove there!) but the boat took on bad fuel; we were dead in the water until the Sun Dancer came to rescue and trade fuel with us. Still, generators failed and we lost another day of diving. Captain and crew kept their cool during this very stressful situation, making them work around the clock to clean out fuel tanks. I was very impressed with the captain and crew and really expected nothing less from the Aggressor fleet. In addition, after i contacted them a month later they agreed to give a generous discount to all on our trip if we travelled with them during the next year. We are going back on the Cayman Aggressor in April to hopefully be able to cross over to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman this time. (weather in November 2010 was too rough despite 2 attempts at crossing) My comments--no one can blame anyone for bad weather or bad fuel, but the cabins leaking fresh water ruined my Saturday return clothes. I had to wear stinky balled up clothing from my laundary bag. The boat had been serviced in Honduras recently and the Captain mentioned that he wasn't happy with the service done. I'm not sure what service was done but leaking cabins are not pleasant, and the compressed air at the camera tables was gone. Still, if you are an avid photo person, there just isn't any better way to get in the water faster and easier than a liveaboard boat. At my age I'm tired of dragging 50lbs of photo gear plus scuba equipment back and forth to the boat, not to mention worrying about theft.
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Belize, Cayman, Turks, Cozumel, Playa Chincerro, Honduras, etc
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	500lbs return
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	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	nothing beats the Agressor's camera platform. Crew very aware about camera gear and treats it with repect. Rinse tank full size-saw the Dancer's rinse tank and clearly it is not made for those with a big rig!

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Belize

Aggressor Fleet, Jan, 2012,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Belize