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Galapagos Aggressor II, Jul, 2010, by Jack M Bernstein, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 5783.
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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
Overall Rating
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Comments	This was a great operation.very attentive to safety with excellent briefings. The dive masters were excellent and led us to lots of great encounters. On the first day, the checkout dives were with seals, which played with us. The highlight was Darwin Island. You immediately drop down to 60' and grab on to a rock and hold on for dear life. This is NOT diving for beginners. You really need to be confident and have good buoyancy control. I am a photographer and it took me a while to figure out how to handle my camera in the conditions. My wife found it too rough for her liking and sat out further Darwin dives. BUT, boy was there stuff here. We saw 4 whale sharks, hundreds of hammerheads and Galapagos sharks, and flights of Eagle Rays. It was like being at the movies. You didn't need to hunt for much. Wolf Island was a close second. We saw flights of Eagle Rays there, again in a mostly passive way. Additionally saw some Cow Rays and turtles.When we headed back, we stopped at Gordon Rock where we were buzzed by at least 4 Mantas, which circled us in the sunken crater. Didn't notice much little stuff except for some blue nudibranchs, probably because we were concentrating on the big stuff. Land tours were a bit more 'standard' but still useful and informative. I really have few substantive complaints. The wet suits we rented were 'holy' but we were comped on them. Food was good to excellent. Service was exemplary. We will definitely go with Agressor again.
Websites	Galapagos Aggressor II
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Most of Caribbean, Red Sea, Costa Rica, Florida, California, Turks and Caicos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	68-75°F / 20-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No real restrictions but we usually dove with the dive master and followed his profile. Currents were a bit intense to fool around too much.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	You want big stuff, you get it. Tons of sharks, whale sharks, rays and so forth. Hard to see many little things for the big

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Dive Review of Galapagos Aggressor II in Galapagos Islands

Galapagos Aggressor II, Jul, 2010,

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Dive Review of Galapagos Aggressor II in
Galapagos Islands