Dive Review of Aggressor in
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Aggressor: "Diving on the Thailand Aggressor", Mar, 2017, by Jim Tompkins, NC, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 9518 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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
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Comments	The transfer to Tap Lama Pier from Phuket airport takes awhile. Whem you get to Tap Lama Pier you are transported by RIB to the boat. Diving in the Similan Islands, you are diving on piles of large granite boulders that were stacked up by glacial retreat. There is little coral on these sites, but numerous swim throughs and a lot of small fish life with occasional sharks and I saw a single manta. Kon Bon and Kon Tachao are piles of limestone boulders with numerous small fish and macro life. Ricelieu Rock has more coral and is named for the abundant purple soft coral that is suppose to look like a cardinal's cape. The crew was great. The food was good. They tended to make local food instead of trying to imitate American cuisine. The menu was posted so you could inform the chef if you wanted something else. They seemed to readily accommodate persons with significant dietary restrictions. Cabin 5's air conditioner worked well and had twin beds instead of bunk beds which I appreciated since I tend to get the top bunk. We only had nine divers. Eight of the divers were from a US Dive Club so there was plenty of room on the RIB dive tenders. They had four in one tender and five in the other. You transfer from the mother ship to the tender with your gear on minus your fins which are in the boat. They carried a divers gear to the RIB if they were not comfortable wearing it. WE flew from Phuket to Bangkok and did some touring which we enjoyed. Flights inside Thailand appear to be inexpensive. We paid $46 each to fly from Phuket to Bangkok on Thai Smile Airlines that used an A320. Be aware that Bangkok traffic is very heavy and it can take you significant amounts of time to travel from point to point.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Carribbean, Palau, Yap, Tahiti, Fiji, Chuck, Maldives, Raja Ampa
Closest Airport	Phuket	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dove with the group in your tender with Divemaster
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	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 Aggressor in Thailand

Aggressor: "Diving on the Thailand Aggressor", Mar, 2017,

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Dive Review of Aggressor in
Thailand