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Dive Experience
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Over 1000 dives | ||
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Where else diving
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Various Caribbean, Palua, Fiji, Yap, Indonesia |
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Dive Conditions |
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Weather
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sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry |
Seas
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calm, choppy, surge |
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Water Temp
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80 to 82 ° Fahrenheit |
Wetsuit Thickness
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3 |
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Water Visibility
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30 to 100 Feet |
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| Dive Policy | |||
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Dive own profile?
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yes | ||
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Enforced diving
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No one checked, but 100 feet or so was specified as the limit. Nitrox divers, of course, had their own limits. |
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Liveaboard?
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yes |
Nitrox Available?
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N/A |
| What I saw | |||
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Sharks
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Lots |
Mantas
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None |
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Dolphins
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None |
Whale Sharks
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None |
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Turtles
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> 2 |
Whales
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None |
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Ratings 1
(worst)- 5 (best):
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Corals
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Tropical Fish
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Small Critters
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Large Fish
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Large Pelagics
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| Underwater Photography 1 (worst)- 5 (best): | |||
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Subject Matter
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Boat Facilities
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Overall rating for UWP's
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Shore Facilities
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N/A |
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Comments
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Great camera tables, rinse tanks and charging stand. Lots of space and knowledgeable dive professionals aboard. Hookups for TV and DVDs to show pictures at night. Care taken with cameras. |
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Accommodations
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Food
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Service and Attitude
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Environmental Sensitivity
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N/A |
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Dive Operation
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Shore Diving
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Snorkeling
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N/A |
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Overall Rating |
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Value for $$
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Comments
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This is our 4th or 5th time on the Aquacat and this was a two week trip, so we were really looking forward to it. The first week was beautifully calm and diving was the usual good walls and gardens, with some unusual dive sites (for the Aquacat) thrown in. The crew, dive staff and captain and everyone else, was friendly, organized and ran a safe and organized operation. Then, the second week, as we were in Georgetown in the Lower Exumas, the beginnings of Hurricane Rita moved in!! We were anchored for a couple of days at Georgetown, Great Exuma, waiting for the storm to blow over, then had some more days of low vis diving, due to the storm. If the weather hadn't kicked in, this would have been an excellent trip. We highly recommend the Aquacat, for good diving, excellent accommodations, good food and most of all, a very competent and knowledgeable crew. Just try to miss the hurricanes! (Although, even at that, Captain Mark gave us the best dives possible.) |
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