Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet, Nov, 2013, by Elisabeth Sykes, NM, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 7434.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We dove the Turks & Caicos aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II in July 2010 and were impressed with the crew, room, food, and diving. We expected a high quality experience and the boat, crew, room, and food were again first rate. The bad: we noticed fewer numbers of tropical fish compared to our prior trip, decreased visibility, and did not see any turtles this time. We dove some of the same dive sites we dove in 2010 and compared our notes from our dive logs. Our subjective feeling was validated by comparing the current experience to our notes from our 2010 dives. The visibility was noticeably worse, the water often appeared chalky, and the reefs were covered with a white powdery substance. We suspect this may be due to eutrophication - where runoff of phosphates and nitrates into the water promotes the growth of algae and bad sponges which eat the coral. While the crew and boat were top notch, we felt the diving was average compared to the other places we have dove. Clearly, the diving is not as good as it was in 2010. Elisabeth Sykes & Vick Thomas
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Sea of Cortez, Hawaii, Florida Keys, Cozumel, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	no currents
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	110 foot depth limit. However, if you discussed this with the Captain, this could be exceeded. However, there was no need to dive deeper. No diving after drinking on the day one drank.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	A separate, dry table is available to photographers, as well as a separate room for charging batteries. A computer is available in the salon to download photographs, if one does not have their own.

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Turks and Caicos

Aggressor Fleet, Nov, 2013,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Turks and Caicos