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Blackbeard's -- Morning Star Full report LiveAboard Exumas   Since I have been on these boats before I am well aware of life aboard the Morningstar. The last time we sailed from Miami and the... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2013   jeffrey
1000+ Dives
 
Sail Juliet Full report   Bimini, Ocean & Orange Cay   This is our 5th trip on the Juliet, so obviously we like the boat. Accommodations are not as fancy as an Aggressor type boat, but... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2013   Frank Hall
250+ Dives
 
Aggressor/Dancer Fleet/ Carib Dancer Full report LiveAboard     Unusually poor weather for that time of year set boundaries on dive opportunities & reduced maximum visibility. Crew tried hard t... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
5/2013   Kevan Urquhart
500+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard     The Captain ran a tight ship, with emphasis on safety and keeping the divers happy. There were 4- 5 dives available a day, except o... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2013   Jack Aland
<100 Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exumas and Eleuthera   Though this was my 1st live aboard I find it hard to imagine that it could get much better. The boat was clean and the cabins wer... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2013   Doug Moore
100+ Dives
 
Valentines Dive Center/ Valentines Resort/Marina Full report   Harbour Island   Can be periods of high wind so check forecast before going. All else is top notch with complimentry pro photography for guests wh... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
4/2013   George Gross
1000+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exhuma Cays   The Aquacat was a great experience. The food was excellent, the crew was helpful, hard working and accommodating. The staterooms w... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
3/2013   Everette Strahl
500+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Atlantis-The Reef Full report       Location of dive shop is not in commercial area although boats are moored in small inlet at dive shop, so although travel to dive ... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
2/2013   Elizabeth Sippl
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard     First, this was NOT a typical cruise on the Aqua Cat as I have come to know it. I and many of our group have been on the Aqua... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
11/2012   Terence Taylor
100+ Dives
 
Explorer Ventures/ Turks & Caicos Explorer II Full report LiveAboard South Bahamas   A few weeks of each year, the Turks & Caicos Explorer II heads to the south Bahamas. This was an area we had not explored ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
11/2012   Carol D Cox
1000+ Dives
 
Grand Bahama Scuba/ Island Seas Full report   Grand Bahama Island   Grand Bahama Island May 27 through June 2 2012. I won’t bore anyone with the trip details going to Grand Bahama (and the body ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2012   Patricia A. Sinclair
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard     We took this trip September 15- 22 so were naturally concerned about hurricane season. Turned out to be some of the best weather t... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2012   Tracy E. Johnson
500+ Dives
 
Juliet Full report LiveAboard     Juliet is a 100+ foot sailing vessel that visits several Caribbean locations on a rotating basis. This was a round trip from M... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
10/2012   Stephen Kouri
100+ Dives
 
Juliet Full report LiveAboard     Our third trip on the Juliet. The water was a little murked up due to the previous weeks passing of Hurricane Issac. A lot more ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2012   Frank Hall
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exuma Cays   Notice: We were there during Tropical Storm Isaac, so conditions noted above were probably not as good as usual. Good: Really n... Full report  
2 stars
2 stars  
8/2012   Vance Esler
250+ Dives
 
Brendal's Dive Center/ GreenTurtle Club Full report   Green Turtle Cay   This was our 5th consecutive year returning to Green Turtle Cay to dive with Brendal and stay at the Green Turtle Club. Our dive s... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
7/2012   G. Tripp Jones MD
500+ Dives
 
Carib Dancer Liveaboard Full report LiveAboard Exuma Cays   The Carib Dancer was recently overhauled (I understand it used to be the Cayman Aggressor) and put in service in the Bahamas in Ma... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
7/2012   Harlan Bittner
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exuma, Eleuthera   Captain Ron did an excellent job of adjusting the itinerary to avoid storms and overly- lumpy seas without wimping out and sticking... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
6/2012   Anna Flynn
500+ Dives
 
Epic Diving Full report   Cat Island   This is one of the best trips I have ever been on. You fly into Nassau and then take another flight out to Cat Island. This island... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
6/2012   Jamie Pollack
500+ Dives
 
Carib Dancer Full report LiveAboard     Carib Dancer Bahamas I dove the Turks and Caicos for one week and looked around for more of that, before I head back to Germany... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2012   Michael Joest
1000+ Dives
 
Dancer Full report LiveAboard Exuma Islands   When reading this review keep in mind that we've measured this trip against the standard set by other dancer/ aggressor fleet opera... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
5/2012   Stephen Kouri
100+ Dives
 
Explorer Ventures --Turks & Caicos Explorer II Full report LiveAboard Southern Bahamas   The trip started off on a down note when I arrived at the airport in Provo and found out that, while a crew member met me at the a... Full report  
1 stars
2 stars  
5/2012   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives
 
Small Hope Bay Lodge Full report   Andros   This is a very interesting place that really hit the sweet spot for me. Tripadvisor covers the resort itself fully and quite accu... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2012   Douglas Garrou
<100 Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Atlantis Resort Full report   Nassau   Prior to booking this trip I read several Undercurrent Reader Reports that were written over the past few years which weren't all ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2012   Steve Giles
1000+ Dives
 
Neal Watson Jr-Cape Eleuthera Divers/ Cape Eleuthera-Powell Pointe Full report   Cape Eleuthera, Powell Pointe   Best dive of my life: 1/ 2 mile drift dive at 90 to 75 feet, awesome wall, great vis, awesome guide, huge coral heads, awesome nigh... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2011   Peter Formanek
100+ Dives
 
Brendal's Dive Center/ Green Turtle Club Full report   Green Turtle Cay   This was our 4th trip to dive with Brendal at the Green Turtle Club on Green Turtle Cay. Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center, Colum... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
8/2011   G. Tripp Jones MD
500+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard     Well the lionfish invasion is very real, and it would appear to have had a negative impact on the reef fish. 1st time to the Exum... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
7/2011   Wellington Lee
250+ Dives
 
Cape Eleuthera Divers/ Cape Eleuthera Resort & Marina Full report   Eleuthera   The service and friendliness of Neal Watson, Jr. ’s Cape Eleuthera Divers were the best we’ve experienced. Each day’s dives were ... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
6/2011   Robert A Sugarman
500+ Dives
 
Cape Eleuthera's Dive Shop/ Cape Eleuthera Full report   Eleuthera   My family spent a week and did extensive diving with Cape Eleuthera in southern Eleuthera and found this to be an outstanding dive... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2011   Brent Barnes
250+ Dives
 
Lost Islands Voyages/ Avalon Full report LiveAboard     I was just on the Avalon (June 1- 10) , 65 ft. ketch liveaboard out of Nassau, called Avalon; lostislandvoyages. com, June 1- 10, as ... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
6/2011   John Dale Kennedy
250+ Dives
 
UNEXSO/ Taino Beach Club Resort Full report   Grand Bahama Island   UNEXCO runs a first class operation, but I did have some issues with them. Maybe it was just my unlucky week. I had scheduled a ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2011   Bear Johnston
500+ Dives
 
Bahama Divers/ Breezes Bahamas Full report   Nassau area   BREEZES BAHAMAS I had booked this, for a group of 7 people, to be there during my wife's birthday (she wanted to dive on her birth... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
3/2011   Don Beukers
500+ Dives
 
Blackbeard's -- Sea Explorer Full report LiveAboard Grand Bahamas, Bimini   This was a Venturing Scout Crew trip that went extremely well. Most of the scouts were not very experienced, with this being thei... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
3/2011   Peyton Williams
250+ Dives
 
Dlphin Dreams Full report LiveAboard Tiger Beach/Grand Bahama   This was a 7 day (5 days of diving) shark photography trip. Dolphin Dreams left from West Palm Beach, and we spent five days on Ti... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
1/2011   Dan Clements
500+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exuma & Eleuthera Islands   The weather started out rough due to hurricane Tomas passing through the general area. The ship is somewhat top heavy which doesn... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
11/2010   Richard Hart
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Exumas/Eluthera   Food is excellent and always plentiful. Cabins are some of the largest in any liveaboard fleet. Vessel is about 10 years old, but ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
10/2010   Colin Zylka
1000+ Dives
 
Bahama Divers/ Sunrise Beach Villas] Full report   Nassau   [There was very little coral or fish life. We did two wrecks, three shallow sites and the Blue Hole. Blue Hole was the only descen... Full report  
1 stars
2 stars  
10/2010   Kevin Darnell
500+ Dives
 
Grand Bahama Scuba/ Ocean Reef Yacht Club Full report   Freeport, Grand Bahama   Grand Bahama Scuba is based at the Ocean Reef Yacht Club in a Marina away from the beach. It is run by a Husband and wife team Fr... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
9/2010   Gary Williamson
100+ Dives
 
Brendal's Dive Center/ Green Turtle Club Full report   Green Turtle Cay   This was our third trip to dive with Brendal's on Green Turtle Cay. Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center in Columbia, SC drove to Ja... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2010   G. Tripp Jones MD
500+ Dives
 
Caribbean Divers/ Bell Channel Inn Full report   Lucaya   We were a group of six Seattle area divers/ photographers who dove with UNEXSO and Caribbean Divers. We had an outstanding time wit... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2010   Dan Clements
250+ Dives
 
Riding Rock Resort and Marina Full report   San Salvador   Booking the trip was easy. Travel to the island was via the weekly scheduled Spirit Air charter from Ft. Lauderdale run primarill... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
6/2010   Eric A Frick
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
UNEXSO/ Bell Channel Inn Full report   Lucaya   We were a group of six Seattle area divers/ photographers who dove with UNEXSO and Caribbean Divers. We had an outstanding time wi... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2010   Dan Clements
250+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas Full report       Wish I'd known to save my money. Don't bother with nitrox. For the short time they let you in the water, the diving was not worth... Full report  
1 stars
3 stars  
4/2010   Celia Liner
100+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report LiveAboard Eleuthera, Little San Salvador   Great ship, great crew, great captain, great diving. No shortage of excursions for non- divers or those wanting to sit out a dive - ... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
3/2010   Reuben Watkins
100+ Dives
 
Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures Full report       7 day live aboard, tiger shark trip. Great service, food, crew and captain. Crew assisted less experienced photographers and shar... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2010   Karin
<100 Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Sheraton Nassau Beach Full report       To be clear, diving on this trip was a bonus, not planned. Called Stuart's on NY Eve 2009 and arranged diving for 1/ 2 & 1/ 3. Had ... Full report  
1 stars
2 stars  
1/2010   Tim Curtis
100+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Sheraton Nassau Full report   Nassau, New Providence   I was joining two friends who were completing their open water dives to get basic certification. Getting to Nassau was basically s... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
1/2010   S Singer
100+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Harborside at Atlantis Full report   New Proidence   Nassau, specially Paradise Island, is extremely expensive for food, taxis, and entertainment. I was one of the first picked up in... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
12/2009   David Bader
1000+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/ Carnival Pride Full report   Nassau   We spent the 2009 Christmas holiday on a cruise out of Baltimore on the Carnival Pride. We brought our dive gear and made arrange... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2009   Hugh Aaron
500+ Dives
 
Cape Eleuthera Divers/ Cape Eleuthera Resort and Marina Full report   Cape Eleuthera   So you are an experienced diver that has grown weary of being told how long to dive or where you are going to dive or to change yo... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
11/2009   mark miller
250+ Dives
 
Dolphin Dream Full report LiveAboard     The Dolphin Dream is a steel hull converted shrimp boat. She is moored in Palm Beach Florida and makes a over night crossing to d... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
10/2009   Steven Rosenfeld
500+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove/ Sheraton Full report   New Providence   This was my third trip to Stuart Cove's operation, and my last. On my previous trips, the last one being about six years ago, it w... Full report  
3 stars
1 stars  
10/2009   Gabriel I. Peñagarícano
500+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Cruises Full report       This trip was everything and more than I expected. The crew we had on this liveaboard were awesome. They all seemed to care abou... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2009   Jim Kirby
100+ Dives
 
Blackbeard's Cruises/ [same]Pirate Lady Full report LiveAboard around Bimini   Diving with Blackbeard's has been compared to taking a road trip out West with your buddies and this is certainly true. With 18 d... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2009   Carol Sommers
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Club Viva Full report   Grand Bahama   Great, great dive operation. The dive staff becomes like family. Very nice and very competent. I would go back in a heartbeat. Very... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2009   jeffrey
250+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove/ Sheraton Cable Beach Full report       This was my second time diving in the Bahamas and with Stuart Cove. Stuart Cove is running a first class Dive Operation. Plenty ... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
9/2009   Brian Malagrida
<100 Dives
 
Blackbeards/ Morning Star Full report   Southern Bahamas   A bare bones liveaboard, with barebones pricing. The crews are consistently committed to customer service, the atmosphere is... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2009   Andy Kenley
1000+ Dives
 
Brendals Dive Center Full report   Abacos, Green Turtle Cay   Our dive shop, Wateree Dive Center in Columbia, SC, returned again to Green Turtle Cay, staying at the Green Turtle Club and divin... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2009   Tripp Jones
500+ Dives
 
Explorer Ventures/ Caribbean Explorer II Full report LiveAboard     This was an exporatory trip, as the boat was repositioning from Great Exuma to Freeport, so many of the sites had not been previou... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2009   Lynda Durfee
100+ Dives
 
Nekton / Pilot Full report LiveAboard Cay Sal Banks   The trip started and ended badly, but the actual cruise was not bad. The Pilot is showing signs of wear, but is holding up fairly... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
8/2009   woody stene
250+ Dives
 
Riding Rock Inn Full report   San Salvador   For my birthday, I treated myself and family to one of my favorite dive spots. This was my sixth trip to San Sal which was docume... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2009   John A Bowers
500+ Dives
 
Viva Divers/ Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach Full report   Freeport   Viva Divers is the dive operator for the all inclusive resort Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach. I did some research before my trip, but ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2009   Jeff
100+ Dives
 
Blackbeards/ Cat Ppalu Full report LiveAboard Nassau   I booked a trip on the Cat Ppalu(Blackbeards) through my local dive shop (Y- kiki here in St. Louis) along with 11 other divers who... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2009   Steve Meinhardt
100+ Dives
 
Nekton Pilot Full report   Cay Sal Banlk   I am writing this entry because I wish I had seen a review prior to our embarkation. The boat is in horrible shape. The hull dirty... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
7/2009   Ira Braun
1000+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove Full report       After reading various reviews of Cove's operations, I did not have terribly high expectations. It is a large operation, but I had ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2009   Dan Clements
250+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove's/ Orange Hill Beach Inn Full report   Nassau   I spent two days diving with Stuart Cove's outfit and enjoyed every minute of it. Their bus picked me up on time both mornings at ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
7/2009   Steve Meinhardt
100+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Full report LiveAboard Exumas   The Aqua Cat is a great boat for liveaboard diving, with larger- than- expected cabins, a comfortable dining/ salon area, large dive ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   Deborah Campbell
250+ Dives
 
Blackbeard Cruises/ Morning Star Full report LiveAboard Exumas out of Nassau   Great trip, excellent value for money. It would have been nice if Blackbeard offered to share the arrival flight info so divers c... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2009   Andy Burns
500+ Dives
 
Stuart Cove Full report   Nassau]   After reading many reader reports, having been with this operator before. Everything was as expected. The boats were full but ever... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   kenneth Katz
250+ Dives
 
Aqua Cat Full report LiveAboard Nassau/Exumas   This is a first class operation. The boat was spotless, the crew enthusiastic and always accommodating, the food was excellent an... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
5/2009   Kandie Vactor
1000+ Dives
 
AquaSports/Xanadu/ N/A Full report   Grand Bahama   There used to be a dive shop at Xanadu Resort. Apparently now the Xanadu dive operation is under the umbrella of Aquasports (base... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
5/2009   Alice R.
100+ Dives
 
Riding Rock Full report   San Salvador   San Salvador is a terrific, little island. It's uncrowded, and has some of the friendliest people I've ever encountered in the hos... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
5/2009   Sandy Falen
1000+ Dives
 
Bahama Divers Full report   Nassau   On a family trip to Nassau, I dove for two full days (3 tanks/ day) with Bahama Divers. On the first day, my wife and kids - and ma... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2009   Michael S
<100 Dives
 
Lost Island Voyages/ Avalon Full report LiveAboard Grand Bahama/Bimini   The diving is good, the boat is set up great. Only 12 passengers on a 65 ft boat (same size as Blackbeard, 1/ 2 the passengers - - ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2009   Richard Blackburn
500+ Dives
 
Riding Rock Inn Full report   San Salvador   This was our 6th trip to Riding Rock Inn with Wateree Dive Center in Columbia, SC. We flew over on the Spirit Air Club Med Charte... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2009   Tripp Jones
500+ Dives
 
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