Dive Review of Belize Aggressor III in
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Belize Aggressor III, Oct, 2004, by David Reubush, VA, USA ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 2138.
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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
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This was my 4th trip to Belize, but the first in October. (Others were March, June, and August.) In the 5 years since I last went I had forgotten how good the reefs and fish life were. (The neatest fish we saw was a red-lipped bat fish - which is a really strange creature.) While the corals were generally healthy and the fish life abundant (although we only saw a few big fish) the visibility was not as good as it was the other 3 times I had been. I expect the long, warm summer had resulted in a significant amount of algae and other stuff in the water. Other than that the water was warm and flat and the diving was easy. (Not quite as easy as Little Cayman as the reefs tend to start a bit deeper than those of Little Cayman.) The sky was generally overcast which we assumed to be a result of the hurricane which passed North of us, but did not otherwise affect us. The only thunderstorms we had were at night so they did not have any effect on the diving. The dive deck was great. In a word, "spacious." The warm showers on the back of the dive deck with shampoo and body wash followed by warm towels were a great way to end the dives. While the temperature in our cabin was always satisfactory there were other cabins which were either too hot or too cold. Since the boat was not full the captain allowed those with temperature problems to move. The tank fills were always above 3000 psi. I really have no complaints about the boat or dive operation. The only issue I have with the Aggressor operation is that the person we dealt with in the reservation office was often very slow to respond to both phone calls or emails.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Curacao, Dominica, Galapagos, Red Sea, Roatan, Turks and Caicos (Grand Turk & Provo)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	40-70 Ft/ 12-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	130 ft. max depth on air; depth on nitrox based on measured O2 percentage; come back with at least 300 psi. They recorded depth and time for everyone for every dive, but did not really check tank pressure. We also recorded O2 readings for every tank fill.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	Large, fresh water rinse tank for cameras only; large camera table for cameras only; outlets for rechargers on second level of camera table; dedicated camera towels for drying cameras and housings. Hard to do much better for photogs.

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Dive Review of Belize Aggressor III in Belize

Belize Aggressor III, Oct, 2004,

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Dive Review of Belize Aggressor III in
Belize