Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in
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Palau Aggressor II: "No-Show Manta Rays on Otherwise Good Trip", Mar, 2016, by Michael Traylor, TX, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 8846.
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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
Advanced
Comments	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. However, the personnel are new except Hector is still the engineer/divemaster and Ernan is still a divemaster. The diving is exciting w/ plenty of everything to see and the Blue Corner shark and jack traffic is still heavy w/ plenty of current requiring reef hooks. I would recommend that beginning divers get at least 50-100 dives under their belts w/ some current exposure before coming to Palau. The only disappointment was no shows by the Mantas in two trips to German Channel. The divemasters are quite helpful w/ everything w/ my only complaint being that they sometimes have divers swimming way too long against currents, I guess because they hope it will reverse or back off. I felt one dive was so screwed-up w/ contrary currents that it should have been aborted. More activities after diving have been added, eg: a week-long trivia contest w/ a nice prize for the winner. Overall, this site and live-aboard are the cure for mundane Caribbean diving!
Websites	Palau Aggressor II
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Many Caribbean, Galapagos, Fiji, Costa Rica, Sea of Cortez, Maldives, Texas Flower Gardens, Hawaii, etc.
Closest Airport	Koror	Getting There	From West Coast to Guam, then Yap, then Koror (w/ annoying plane search in Yap)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, surge, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-90 Ft/ 12-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Maximum bottom time 60 min. and leave water w/ at least 500 psi in tank. Being on time and staying on schedule strongly emphasized to allow 5 dives per day.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I don't photograph, but there were copious rise tanks on the dive deck, a large camera table on the "skiff", and a large camera table w/ compressed air and many charging outlets on the dive deck.

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in Micronesia/Palau

Palau Aggressor II: "No-Show Manta Rays on Otherwise Good Trip", Mar, 2016,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor II in
Micronesia/Palau