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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Maldives/Southern Maldives

Aggressor Fleet: "Good diving but 2 boat accidents", Mar, 2022,

by Paul Neis, AR, US (Sr. Reviewer Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 11884.

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

Accommodations 3 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 2 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments The crew were all wonderful. Diving good but can be difficult with changing currents around mouth of channels on this southern itinerary.
This boat is badly needing dry dock. Salon had some holes in the floor covered with carpets. Air conditioning marginal.
We had the unfortunate experience of 2 wrecks. On the first one, the mother ship and the dhoni were blown off anchor onto the reef at night by a storm and the port propellers on both boats were broken. They had to be pulled off of the reef. A couple of nights later, while motoring in the dark, the mother ship ran up on the reef of a seamount. It took 2 hours to get it pulled off of the reef. Because of the broken props, the rest of the trip was slow and night dives were out.
We did not feel that we received a good explanation of how these events occurred considering all the navigation and weather information available on a modern boat.
I was up a number of times in the middle of the night due to the time difference to home, and unfortunately, the watchman was generally asleep on an outside chair.
Websites Aggressor Fleet   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving All over Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, lakes in midwest, Costa Rica, Phillipines
Closest Airport Getting There ORD or DFW through Doha on Qatar airways

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas choppy, surge
Water Temp 84-85°F / 29-29°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 35-100 Ft/ 11-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions Limit depth per nitrox limits]
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks 1 or 2
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 3 stars Large Fish 4 stars
Large Pelagics 5 stars

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

Subject Matter N/A Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's N/A Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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