Dive Review of Palau Aggressor in
Micronesia/Palau

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Palau Aggressor, Apr, 2004, by Greg Regnier, IL, USA . Report 1203.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Palau Aggressor is a great boat. The crew, extremely helpful, friendly and fun. The cuisine, superb, given the limitations of local availability of ingredients. The boat is a 110' catamaran, recently overhauled and very comfortable. The gueat accomodations are roomy and pleasant. Sleeping configurations are a queen sized bunk on the lower tier a full sized bunk on the upper tier. It's difficult for me to go into superlatives based on my experience in Palau. The diving is good. We had a full boat, which is an excellent indication of the popularity of Palau, but it can also be a drawback when there are 16 divers in the water, being shepherded to a dive site. The sites themselves are interesting, riding the currents at Blue Corner and diving into Blue Holes makes for a nice dive, but by the third time at Blue Corner, I had had enough of hooking in and watching the sharks. One worthwhile diversion at Blue Corner is "Sweety" the Napoleon Wrasse that frequented the area. Some of the guests encountered a Spotted Eagle Ray and I, and a few others spotted a large Hammerhead Shark, but other than this there were no large animal encounters. There were a lot of turtles, lion fish, and fish in general, which was good to see, and the coral was very healthy, but with the currents it was difficult to just settle-in and watch. Photographers may find other inticements. Doug, the ship's photographer and dive instructor, certainly had a wonderful collection of excellent underwater and above water shots. The uniqueness of the scenery and the sunsets are very condusive to bringing out the artist in any photographer. All in all, I'm happy that I made this trip. The quality of the boat and crew made it very comfortable. However, I would have to think hard about making this trip again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, Carribean, Galapagos, Hawaii, Central U.S.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All dives were with the group off a skiff that took us to the dive sites and then picked us up. We all went in together, but would end the dive as our air management allowed.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor in Micronesia/Palau

Palau Aggressor, Apr, 2004,

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

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Dive Review of Palau Aggressor in
Micronesia/Palau