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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Galapagos Islands

Aggressor Fleet: "Lived up to the high expectations Galapagos Islands.", Jun, 2022,

by Peter Neubauer, CA, US (Contributor Contributor 14 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 11955 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 4 stars
Beginners 2 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Another great Aggressor trip although a bit expensive it was worth it just to experience the diving this location has to offer. If you want to see big animals you can't go wrong here. We saw whale sharks - numerous times, schooling hammerheads, dolphins, and many species of sharks. Lots of schooling fish.

Here is short video: [youtube.com link]

What was really cool is that you end up diving two different marine environments. The northern islands (Wolf and Darwin) had all the big blue water animal diving and the southern islands colder temperate diving with lots of interesting critters like Marine Iguanas, Mola Mola, Giant seahorse, sea lions and lots of other interesting creatures.

In addition to the diving we did a two day land tour which was plenty of time.

Boat, crew and divemasters were all of the quality you would expect on an Aggressor trip.
Websites Aggressor Fleet   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Galapagos, Palau, Red Sea, Fiji, Maldives, BVI, Cayman Islands - (Grand, Brac and Little), Cozumel, Tulum, Honduras, Florida Keys, Mexico - Sea of Cortez and Pacific, All the California Channel Islands, Hawaii, Bahamas, Okinawa Japan and lots of San Diego - So Cal diving !!!
Closest Airport Getting There took the flight over to the island from Guayaquil Ecuador.

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, cloudy Seas currents
Water Temp 80-64°F / 27-18°C Wetsuit Thickness 7
Water Visibility 30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Diving with a guide which was totally appropriate. They knew actually when and where the whale shark was going to swim by from out in the blue.
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks > 2
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 2 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 5 stars
Large Pelagics 5 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Wolf and Darwin had some very strong currents at times. Grabbing the reef with gloves was required at times. Reef hooks not allowed. Just something to consider if you are diving a big DSLR rig.
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