Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet, Nov, 2011, by Cynthia L. Cook, TX, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 6335.
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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	My husband and I have dived on different Aggressors and always enjoyed the relaxed attitude of enjoy diving, eat well and enjoy your vacation. The crew on the Cayman Aggressor was tense with an obvious undercurrent of dissension. I later found out the dissension was real. Unlike our other experiences on the Aggressor, this one was very very rigid - more like scuba "bootcamp." Captain Alan was never willing to be flexible on any of his schedules (diving or dining) even though the weather was perfect. We wanted to dive a twilight dive at the Wreck but his response was "I don't do twilight dives at the Wreck" even though at least 10 of us wanted to get up before light to dive it - a twilight dive was never achieved. Alan also made it very clear through his actions that breakfast would not be served a minute past 7:00 a.m. - he literally picked up all breakfast items in front of us the one morning we were 10 minutes after 7 a.m. and proved his point the next morning when we were up before 7:00 a.m. by literally making the comment "so you decided to get up in time to have breakfast" unbelievable. Basically all mealtimes were treated by him in this manner. The food served was good but not unique in any manner. It was obvious that the cook was bored with serving the same meal every Mon, Tues, Wed, etc week after week. The crew talked very little although they were always very nice. The Captain, Alan, was literly rude - we concluded he is due for an extended vacation. There were issues after issues among all of us related to his attitude. Regarding the diving, I had been told by several people who had not been to the Caymans in some time that it was the best diving in the Caribbean - we did not find that to be true. Very little marine life as compared to any of the other places we have dived. Very sparse small creatures.Some said it was due to the Lionfish but they were far fewer than in other locations recently. The diving accommodations are great on the Cayman Aggressor but I would recommend spending the extra $$ and get the master suite - it was a big improvement over the standard. Good shade on this Aggressor unlike the Belize AGG. that has no shade. We will not dive again on the Cayman AGG as long as Alan is in charge. I also hope that the lack of marine life was a fluke. I booked through the Aggressor reservations in May and Cayman Air canceled our return flight in mid-August. Cayman said they would refund the entire of those tickets of appx. $560. I relied upon the AGG reservation to process that refund - as of November 18 - we are STILL waiting for the refund from Cayman Air - the AGG reservationist has done everything she can. So beware of Cayman Air - since the original credit charge was well over 60 days at the time the flight was cancelled even the C/card company could not offer any recourse. To end on an up-note - we have always met great people on the Aggressor that we will keep in touch with and we all agreed we had loads of fun and dived some of the easiest diving you can possibly do. I wholly recommend an Aggressor dive experience - it's the ultimate experience with maximum diving with very litle effort for the cost - at leaast for us.
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Costa Rica, Turks Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Computers are required. We could dive our own profile but Captain Alan" was very rigid about times in and out of the water.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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	Great setup with dry table, plugs and dedicated rinse tank.

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Cayman Islands

Aggressor Fleet, Nov, 2011,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Cayman Islands