Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet, Oct, 2010, by Ken Mostello, MA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 5728.
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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
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The Maldives Aggressor boat is professionally operated and certainly up to the standards of other boats in the Aggressor fleet. The food on the boat was outstanding and the crew went out of their way to provide top notch service. The weather was unusually poor during our ten day cruise which resulted in choppy seas and disappointing visibility but otherwise did not impact the diving too severely. We had numerous manta encounters at Manta Point on Male Atoll, but no whale sharks during the trip. We also spotted eagle rays and manta rays on several occasions. Turtles were fairly common and there were a few sightings of napolean wrasses. There were several dives where we encountered gray reef, white tip, and black tip sharks. Macro subjects, though, were few in number. The dive guides were professional and did provide appropriate safety briefings. However, briefings generally lacked any useful descriptive information on what to expect to see during the dive. One serious disappointment was the lack of respect shown by some divers toward the reef. Divers wore gloves when told explicitly not to do so. Much worse were divers putting their gloved hands on coral heads, breaking pieces of coral, and using pokers to prod fish out of their holes. Despite repeated complaints to the Aggressor staff, no serious effort was made by them to enforce their own rules.
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Truk Lagoon, North Sulawesi, Bora Bora, Caribbean, Sea of Cortez, Socorro
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	79-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour maximum dive, maximum 100 feet, no solo diving
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
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	Dive guides were not terribly helpful on briefing U/W photographers on photo opportunities before each dive.

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Maldives

Aggressor Fleet, Oct, 2010,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Maldives