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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
"THE MOST LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT PALAU TRIP I'VE EVER HAD"
This could also have been titled "Persevering Against Every Trouble That Could Have Been Thrown at Us". Read all about it in my (v... Full report |
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11/2024 |
 Ken Kurtis
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Met ALL my Expectations!"
For years, the top of my bucket list has been diving Palau. I was finally able to make it happen and Palau and the Aggressor Fleet... Full report |
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11/2023 |
Cheryl Ulmer
250+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Wonderful time on a semi-luxury liveaboard"
Overall excellent experience – this was my first semi- luxury liveaboard, and I went with a group of divers from a local dive shop. ... Full report |
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3/2023 |
Dave Madorsky
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet 
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"Excellent"
Palau is the best overall diving location I have been to (I haven’t been to Indonesia or elsewhere in Southeast Asia), but I would... Full report |
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11/2022 |
gregory moore
100+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Palasia
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Palau |
"Fantastic Two Weeks In Paradise"
When
Trip was at the end of September for 2. 5 weeks. Arriving a few days early, I did two back to back trips on the Palau Aggres... Full report |
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10/2022 |
 Dean C
500+ Dives |
5 |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
"Palau on sale+"
We booked just two weeks before departure and took advantage of a deep discount, but I will return at regular prices (it was that ... Full report |
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10/2022 |
Robert Lovellette
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Another great trip to Palau"
Palau Aggressor no longer requires covid testing and does not require masking onboard, though some signage is still up and some cr... Full report |
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9/2022 |
 robert linscheer
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Fabulous Palau"
Fantastic 10 day trip on the Rock Islands Aggressor. We came for the Bumphead parrotfish spawning and were rewarded with hundreds... Full report |
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7/2022 |
 Laurel Fulton
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Cove Resort
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Palau |
"3 RD time in Palau"
Well my third time was great having been here the first time in 2001 then in 2015 and now 2019 The first time i did Yap and Palau ... Full report |
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11/2019 |
Thomas Raeth
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"First Time In Palau - Awesome Reefs - Good Diving"
Been on a bunch of Aggressor boats in my lifetime. Palau Rock Island Aggressor is the largest, most spacious, Aggressor I've ever... Full report |
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5/2019 |
Mark Tarczynski
1000+ Dives |
2 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Rock island aggressor"
Got to experience jelly fish lake which was a trip. Crew was great as always. I could tell the crew was tired but they still did t... Full report |
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4/2019 |
jeffery moore
100+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Excellent diving and crew on first trip to Palau"
We went to Yap forst for a few days. We did the 3 dive per day "super sized" package and got stuck only diving reefs with 3 other... Full report |
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2/2018 |
Jeffery E Snyder
500+ Dives |
4 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Christmas in Palau "
By far the best of 3 Aggressor cruises we have done. Diving off skiff was very easy and convenient. Staff was incredibly helpful... Full report |
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12/2017 |
Bobby Munno
1000+ Dives |
2 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Palau - Worth the long trip from US"
The Palau Aggressor was a good, functional boat with an interesting lift system aft to bring the dive boat onboard making for easy... Full report |
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12/2017 |
Gregg Backemeyer
1000+ Dives |
1 |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
"Palau Aggressor, July 2017"
Palau Aggressor was an excellent liveaboard, but I've never been on one Aggressor that was not excellent. My wife and I did nitro... Full report |
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10/2017 |
Terry H Anderson
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau Rock Islands |
"Excellent First Trip on Rock Islands Palau Aggressor"
This was an amazing trip. The coral is lush and beautiful, and the marine life is abundant and healthy. While the pace is fast, ... Full report |
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8/2017 |
Sheleigh A Harding
250+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Palau Aggressor II"
From Yap (see review) we boarded our flight nonstop to Palau in the middle of the night. This is how United Airlines works in Micr... Full report |
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8/2017 |
Ellen Marie Smith
500+ Dives |
2 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Excellent diving and crew, good accomodations, bad food"
I had been on the Tropic Dancer twice and found it bullet proof: excellent diving and crew, adequate accommodations with a single... Full report |
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7/2017 |
William H Johnston
1000+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"excellent diving in Palau and Truk"
Arrived a few days early and stayed at Palau Pacific Resort in order to ensure that we were oriented to the new time and day as we... Full report |
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1/2017 |
Alison Scheflow
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Palau Aggressor in bad weather (?)"
I was on the Palau Aggressor with a group from REEF. I had been on the same boat over Xmas 2011/ 2012 so I was curious to see it ag... Full report |
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10/2016 |
Alice Ribbens
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Very Nice Live-aboard; Lots of Current; Concerns re: Marine Life"
10 day live- aboard commencing April 21. This was my 4th live- aboard trip to Palau. 3rd trip on a Aggressor/ Dancer vessel.
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5/2016 |
 Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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[Palau |
"Outstanding diving in Palau"
I picked the May timeframe after considerable deliberation and discussions with my travel agent, John at US Dive Travel. In the e... Full report |
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5/2016 |
Tim Barden
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
"No-Show Manta Rays on Otherwise Good Trip"
I found on my second stay on this boat that everything is pretty much the same as it was w/ my first trip 9 years ago. Howev... Full report |
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3/2016 |
Michael Traylor
500+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
"Disappointing Live Aboard"
I was pleasantly surprised to see a review in the Palau Aggressor in the May issue of Undercurrent. I was also disappointed with ... Full report |
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3/2016 |
Mr Brent Woods
500+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Fantastic Diving"
The diving was fantastic (except for the first couple of dives on wrecks close to the port). Sharks on most dives, lots of sharks ... Full report |
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3/2016 |
Debora
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Don't miss Palau"
Although we've dove the great sites around the world, we've always put this destination off because we thought it was too expensiv... Full report |
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11/2015 |
Dan Benson
1000+ Dives |
1 |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Tropic Dancer
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Palau |
"Tropic Dancer, a spectacular week aboard!"
The Tropic Dancer is EVERYTHING one expects an Aggressor luxury liveaboard to be.
GREAT food. Chef Cameron is a treasure!
GREA... Full report |
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5/2015 |
Ronald JOhnson
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
The diving was good, but not as exceptional as we had heard. The currents were unusually calm (which I was glad for), but it had a... Full report |
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5/2015 |
Debra A. Nottelmann
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Bucket list trip!"
I left from Seattle and flew China Air from SFO to Taipei. For some reason they were only interested in the weight of my carry- on ... Full report |
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4/2015 |
Danee Hubbs
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Great Liveaboard!"
We have taken three live aboard dive trips; Palau Aggressor was by far our best experience. The boat is well- designed: comfortabl... Full report |
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2/2015 |
Adair New
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Tropic Dancer
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Palau |
"Palau Tropic Dancer"
This was a 10 night trip on a very well kept liveaboard. Crew, cabins, food, & diving were all great & all stayed on schedule. The boat... Full report |
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2/2015 |
Gail M King
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Cliffside
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Palau |
"Excellent time in Palau"
After many dives in the Caribbean and Hawaii, the consensus amongst our group was that Palau is the most diverse, fishy, and colou... Full report |
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1/2015 |
Bonnie MacKenzie
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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"Excellant experience aboard the Palau Aggressor II "
First liveaboard experience. Crew was excellent as was also the food - and plenty of it. We were on a 10 day cruise - four dives ... Full report |
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10/2014 |
Robert Lee
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
We went in the off season and received a discount. The weather was cloudy with some rain, but diving was not affected. The cloud... Full report |
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9/2014 |
James McKnight
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Cliffside
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Palau |
"Palau in the rainy season"
Started with three days of land based diving, then a week of live aboard. Both are great, but liveaboard gives you twice as many d... Full report |
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7/2014 |
Mark Reckman
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
"Great trip"
The best dive was in a murky channel where we came upon numerous huge mantas feeding near the surface. I did a 25 minute safety s... Full report |
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4/2014 |
Craig Gibson
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
First time on a liveaboard. Was a bit apprehensive about living accommodations, food, etc. I am now completely "sold" on liveabo... Full report |
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9/2013 |
Kevin McCarter
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
Great boat, great diving, great crew.
The boat was structured very nicely for a liveaboard. Everything easy to reach.
Divi... Full report |
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9/2013 |
JoAn L Ferguson
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
This was 10 day trip on the Palau Aggressor II. We battled bad weather (two typhoons!) the entire trip, only saw the sun on a coup... Full report |
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9/2013 |
Lisa Vitale
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
This was the Tropic Dancer operating as the Palau Aggressor, since the Aggressor was on the "outside" at the dock and only one boa... Full report |
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7/2013 |
Ms Lynda Durfee
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
This was my second trip on the Palau Aggressor and another enjoyable one. The trip schedule is Sunday thru Saturday night disembar... Full report |
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6/2013 |
Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
Sunday to Saturday itinerary. We flew in from Yap the night before and we picked up from the hotel (Cliffside) a little past 4 fo... Full report |
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6/2013 |
Brian Morrow
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
This was our second trip to Palau - the first time was May 2012 on the Palau Aggressor and this trip was one year later, May 2013 ... Full report |
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5/2013 |
Kerry A Kiene
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
One of the top adventures of my life. Superb diving- - pristine reefs, more sharks than I've ever before seen, extensive healthy re... Full report |
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4/2013 |
Harlan Bittner
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
All things considered, this trip was outstanding. The boat was in great condition and the crew was top- notch. Everyone, from cap... Full report |
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4/2013 |
Paul McFall
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
The diving is great: strong currents at Blue Corner and German Channel and Ulong channel bring in amazing pelagic life including l... Full report |
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3/2013 |
Robert and Laura Mosqueda
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
The best: service top notch on board and in the water; food outstanding; tender entered on dive deck, hydrolically lowered and rai... Full report |
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11/2012 |
Gary D Simms
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Aggressor is a great experience and the entire group this July week had a good time. Food was ample and delicious, free unlimited ... Full report |
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7/2012 |
Eric Schindler
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau, Yap |
Diving in Palau is nothing short of fantastic. Palau is in the same ball park as the Galapagos and Socorro.
The trip to Palau v... Full report |
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3/2012 |
Jorge J. More
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
On this trip, the weather was mild and sunny with mostly calm seas; there was an occasional rain shower.
The marine life consis... Full report |
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10/2011 |
Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
On this trip, the weather was mild and sunny with mostly calm seas; there was an occasional rain shower.
The marine life consis... Full report |
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10/2011 |
Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet/ Sea Passion Hotel
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Palau |
Long trip to Palau (longer trip home!). Good accomodations at the Sea Passion for first three days - room was large, large balcon... Full report |
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10/2011 |
Peter Sterman
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
Fantastic two week trip on the Aggressor with only 9 divers on board. Stayed at the Cliffside Hotel on the travel agents advice, ... Full report |
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4/2011 |
Laurel Fulton
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II/ Sea Passion Hotel
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Palau |
Long and grueling flights from San Francisco, to Honolulu, to Guam to Yap to Palau. Arriving at 1: 00 in the morning we bussed to ... Full report |
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3/2011 |
Robert Barada
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Fleet
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Palau |
This truly was the trip of a lifetime! I had already booked my timeshare weeks in Hawaii for September, and when Aggressor offere... Full report |
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9/2010 |
Ms Lynda Durfee
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
This Palau Aggressor trip was one of our best liveaboard experiences in 21 years. The boat is large, comfortable, and well cared ... Full report |
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3/2009 |
Linda Gettmann
250+ Dives |
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Aggressor and Traders Ridge
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Palau and Yap |
We flew Continental from Toronto through Newark to Honolulu with one overnight at The Best Western (would FOR SURE stay elsewhere ... Full report |
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4/2008 |
Lin Gitterman
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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While more expensive than other Palau live aboards I'm glad I went on the Palau Aggressor II (PA2). It's a well run boat, great f... Full report |
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4/2008 |
Paul Jacobsen
500+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
Considering the time and expense, a trip to Palau and a week on the Palau Aggressor II had better be good. It was. Everything wo... Full report |
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3/2008 |
Charles W Donaldson
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
I don't have room to share all the details, but among the many species which were gloriously represented by a wide variety of heal... Full report |
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3/2008 |
Janet Hays
500+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
The only thing we wish we had known before we left home was to clear our schedule for the week after our booked week on the Aggres... Full report |
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12/2007 |
Margaret Schouten
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
This was one of the best overall experiences I have ever had on vacation. Sure it didn't hurt that the weather was beautiful & th... Full report |
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12/2007 |
Chiara Reading
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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The best diving on the best live- aboard I've been on. Always exciting diving and very friendly (Capital F) boat crew. The o... Full report |
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1/2007 |
Mike Traylor
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
We travelled half way around the world. . . or at least the trip seemed that long. . and found a dive operation, boat, crew, dive masters ... Full report |
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1/2007 |
Brian Verbonac
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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[Palau |
Our third trip aboard the Palau Aggressor II in the last four years. Capt Mike and his crew easily set the example for liveaboard... Full report |
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11/2006 |
Bill Shepherd
1000+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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The Palau Aggressor was great. Very high quality food and a good variety and choices from breakfast to midnight snack. The bar had... Full report |
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6/2006 |
Terry R. Garland
250+ Dives |
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Palau Agressor/ Palau Pacific Resort
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THE BAD: The Palau Pacific resort was over priced and under serviced. They lost our reservations and then moved us to smoking tw... Full report |
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4/2006 |
Mark Meredith
250+ Dives |
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Truk Aggressor II
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Truk Lagoon |
Our third trip on this boat, and sadly the last, as it is heading to Sulawesi. The crew (which is going with the boat) is great. V... Full report |
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7/2005 |
Richard Nelson
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
A diver oriented boat with a professional crew to meet any and all diver needs. Captain Mike set the tone for the week and the cr... Full report |
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11/2004 |
Bill Shepherd
500+ Dives |
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Truk Aggressor
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Truk |
Truk Lagoon is wonderful! This is some of the most interesting diving I have experienced in the 30 plus years that I have been inv... Full report |
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5/2004 |
Greg Regnier
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
The Palau Aggressor is a clean, well- maintained, and carefully run boat. The food was excellent. There were 18 of us on board and ... Full report |
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4/2004 |
Diana Dickinson
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
The Palau Aggressor is a great boat. The crew, extremely helpful, friendly and fun. The cuisine, superb, given the limitations of ... Full report |
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4/2004 |
Greg Regnier
250+ Dives |
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Truk Agressor II
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What fun! We would have done this years ago if we knew how much fun a live aboard could be. Captain Niall, first mate Tom,
and ... Full report |
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3/2003 |
John and Sandra Quick
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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We chartered the entire boat for our dive group of 16 from our friend's dive shop in Pennsylvania, all experienced divers. The Ag... Full report |
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2/2003 |
JoAnne & Michael Amoroso
100+ Dives |
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Aggressor
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nitrox was down from most recent refit. Otherwisw a very friendly crew on a good boat They were very attentive to our needs ... Full report |
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1/2003 |
D.Demming
500+ Dives |
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Aggressor Palau
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Aggressor Palau is a professional operation, great crew, food, nice cabins. Diving was from a 30 ft boat hoisted up onto the back ... Full report |
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1/2008 |
Raymond Rowe
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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Palau |
The Good: It was GOOD that I decided to do two weeks "back- to- back", as the travel time and cost of air travel to Palau was consi... Full report |
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9/2007 |
Marta Arensberg
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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I live in Hawaii so my trip was okay, however, the group I was joining from Connecticut had a very long and tiresome trip from the... Full report |
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11/2006 |
Tom Dwyer
1000+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
My wife and I have more than 65 years of diving experience between us around the world on live- aboard and land- based operations. ... Full report |
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7/2006 |
NEAL LANGERMAN
1000+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau,Peleliu |
The captain and entire dive crew were very safety conscious. We stayed in port the first day due to severe storm rather than put to... Full report |
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3/2006 |
James A. Danse
100+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
Our week on Palau Aggressor II had only 5 divers! Less ethical operators might cancel a charter with so few guests as being insuf... Full report |
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9/2005 |
Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor
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palau |
The boat normally houses 18 guests, but there were only 7 during the week that we were there. We had lots of room to spread out. T... Full report |
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7/2005 |
bill dobrin
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
Palau remains my favorite dive location worldwide. Aggressor provides a dependable, if somewhat structured, week of excellent liv... Full report |
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3/2004 |
Steven Goldstein
100+ Dives |
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Truk Aggressor II
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Truk |
Truk Aggressor (April 14- 21, 2002):
This was the absolute best overall liveaboard experience I have ever had. Capt. Tom Kleefeld... Full report |
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4/2002 |
Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives |
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Palau Aggressor II
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Palau |
Palau Aggressor II (April 21- 28 2002):
This was the second trip on the Palau Agressor II (my first trip was in Feb of 1997). A f... Full report |
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4/2002 |
Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives |
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