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Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   My wife and I have more than 65 years of diving experience between us around the world on live- aboard and land- based operations. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2006   NEAL LANGERMAN
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report LiveAboard     The Palau Aggressor was great. Very high quality food and a good variety and choices from breakfast to midnight snack. The bar had... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
6/2006   Terry R. Garland
250+ Dives 		 
Nautilus Dive Resort Full report   Kosrae   Kosrae had a fantastic reef system and vis was essentially perfect. Could see across large canyons with other side in perfect view... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2006   Raymond Rowe
100+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Dive Shop Full report   Truk   A business trip to Guam got we six- days in Truk (Chuuk) whatever. I tried, but was unable to hook up with the Thorfinn for a mid- w... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2006   Larry S. Klumb
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk Lagoon   Because of high water temperature, there were a lot of multicellular creatures in the water that reduced vis. Still, vis was fine ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2006   Raymond Rowe
100+ Dives 		 
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Bikini Atoll Divers Full report   Bikini Atoll   My wife Fran and I had dreamed of coming to Bikini ever since it opened up to diving in 1996. We decided it was time. We booked ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2006   William Ungerman
1000+ Dives 		 
Bikini Atoll Divers Full report   Bikini Atoll   Please note that the dive trip that I reviewed for Undercurrent occured in APRIL 2006 not August 2005. William Ungerman... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2006   William Ungerman
1000+ Dives 		 
Rongelap Expepditions/ Oleanda Full report LiveAboard Kwajalein, Marshall Islands   Luckily we used charge cards when my husband and I and two friends booked this trip in August, 2005 expepcting to be on the liveab... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
4/2006   Dorothy McDonald
500+ Dives 		 
Traders' Ridge Full report   Yap   Werner Lau closed up shop the week before we got to Yap. Traders' Ridge hired a DM to run the shop and a local boat captain and di... Full report  
2 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Dennis Lewis
<100 Dives 		 
Bikini Atoll Divers Full report   Marshall Islands   Trip originally planned for 8 days in Kwajalien aboard Oleanda followed by 7 days at Bikini. Ten days before departure received em... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2006   Ronald Varley
100+ Dives 		 
SS Thorfinn Full report LiveAboard     I'm not sure how the operation would change for inexperienced divers. As a divemaster with 150 dives I was one of the least exper... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2006   Lee Bennion
100+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Dive Palau/Palau Dive Full report   Palau   I was not looking forward to my 20+ hour- long trip to Palau. Upon Boarding in LA for my flight to Hawaii then on to Guam, th... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2006   scott johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Traders Ridge Resort Full report   Yap   This was a great trip once the numbness from the long flight wore off. Traders Ridge met us at the Yap airport and took care of u... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2006   Tim
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau,Peleliu   The captain and entire dive crew were very safety conscious. We stayed in port the first day due to severe storm rather than put to... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
3/2006   James A. Danse
100+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk Lagoon   Let me begin with the ugly: the flight from Little Rock to Weno. We arose at 0330 in a desperate bid to get our luggage onto the ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2006   Chrisanda Button/Rickie Sterne
250+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter II Full report LiveAboard Palau   It was 30 hours door- to- door from San Francisco and I would do it all over again in a minute. I used United frequent flier miles t... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
12/2005   Cres Van Keulen
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Our week on Palau Aggressor II had only 5 divers! Less ethical operators might cancel a charter with so few guests as being insuf... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2005   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Chuuk(Truk)   The #1 dive boat in the world. As stated many times in the past when you have a husband and wife teqm owning and running a boat an... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2005   charles feinberg
500+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     The boat was run on a level of orgainization that was outstanding. We had excellent dive briefings that included where to go, wha... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Mark Berger
500+ Dives 		 
Fish n Fins (FNF) Full report       This was a cattle boat operation from the get go. On our first dive we had a full boat of advanced experienced divers, three of w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Mark Berger
500+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report   palau   The boat normally houses 18 guests, but there were only 7 during the week that we were there. We had lots of room to spread out. T... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2005   bill dobrin
250+ Dives 		 
Truk Aggressor II Full report LiveAboard Truk Lagoon   Our third trip on this boat, and sadly the last, as it is heading to Sulawesi. The crew (which is going with the boat) is great. V... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Richard Nelson
250+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter 2 Full report LiveAboard Palau   Every dive was "one- way" since currents plentiful and unpredictable. Twas best diving ever encountered except walls a little barr... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2005   Peter Golitzen
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   This is a good operation and the boats are nicer than the cattle boats used by other operations in Palau. This is important becaus... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2005   John Kendall
100+ Dives 		 
Bikini Atoll Divers Full report   Bikini Island   This is all about wreck diving. You are diving the nuclear fleet sunk by the US Gov in 1946 with the Able and Baker nuclear tests... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2005   Brad Wright
250+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   The Truk Odyssey deserves its awards as the top liveaboard anywhere. We have dived dozens of liveaboards, and the Odyssey has the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2005   Ann McGrath
500+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Dive Resort Full report   Truk (Chuuk)   I enjoyed the diving here so much that I returned 5 years later. The Blue Lagoon Resort is simply beautiful with all of its Palm T... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter Full report LiveAboard     Do 10 Days! We used 180k Delta FF miles to go from DCA- JFK- NRT (w/ 3day stopoff)- GUM- ROR. We spent a night at the Carolines reso... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
3/2005   Lisa Vignerot
<100 Dives 		 
The Village Full report   Pohnpei   Pohnpei was great - a beautiful island & the Village is a super place to stay . each room is like a treehouse looking over the jun... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Peleliu Divers Full report   Peleliu   Peleliu a very good alternataive to diving from the main island (Koror) of Palau because of boat rides of 5- 20 min instead of 60- 9... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2005   Jim Haynes
100+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
12/2004   Hardy Sieck
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report LiveAboard Palau   A diver oriented boat with a professional crew to meet any and all diver needs. Captain Mike set the tone for the week and the cr... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2004   Bill Shepherd
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers Full report   Yap   The typhoon in April or so of 2004 had an impact on the trip; home- grown fruits are non existent, everything has to be shipped in;... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
9/2004   John Kendall
100+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter I Full report LiveAboard     We hit bad weather and couldn't get to many dive sites and visibility was affected. Runs to the dive sites we could get to were l... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2004   Bob & Doris Schaffer
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This was our fourth trip to Truk and second on Odyssey. Unfortunately, we encountered bad weather, arrived 2- 1/ 2 days late (becau... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
8/2004   Bob & Doris Schaffer
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This was our first liveaboard and it was fantastic! I have been diving for over 17 years and my wife just got certified. You are... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2004   Tim Imwold
1000+ Dives 		 
Thorfinn Full report   Chuuk   "Diving at Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon"
Truk (or Chuuk) Lagoon is a tiny landmass in the Pacific Ocean, just north of the equator and is part of the Federated States of M... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
8/2004   Andrew Falconer
500+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter II Full report   Palau   The only thing I wish I had known before leaving home was that they were not booked for the following week!!! This boat was our ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2004   William Zaggle
100+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report LiveAboard Truk   This is a superb dive operation. It's a long way and a long time to get there from the East Coast of US, but worth the travel. I c... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
5/2004   Tripp Jones MD
500+ Dives 		 
Truk Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Truk   Truk Lagoon is wonderful! This is some of the most interesting diving I have experienced in the 30 plus years that I have been inv... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Greg Regnier
250+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk (Chuuk)   This was our 2d Odyssey trip in nine months. The first trip was too short, so this one was two weeks. Odyssey is home to Captain... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Palau   The Palau Aggressor is a clean, well- maintained, and carefully run boat. The food was excellent. There were 18 of us on board and ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2004   Diana Dickinson
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Palau   The Palau Aggressor is a great boat. The crew, extremely helpful, friendly and fun. The cuisine, superb, given the limitations of ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2004   Greg Regnier
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Palau remains my favorite dive location worldwide. Aggressor provides a dependable, if somewhat structured, week of excellent liv... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   Steven Goldstein
100+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay and Palau Pacific Resort Full report       Saw many mantas on our three dive days with Yap Divers. Water was very murky in the channel so photography not great. Life in the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   anne warburton
100+ Dives 		 
Big Blue Explorer Full report LiveAboard Palau   This was my second trip to Big Blue. The year prior I went with my buddie and found the boat that advertized 18 max divers had 24. ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
3/2004   Tom Lathrop
500+ Dives 		 
SS Thorfinn Full report LiveAboard Truk   Went with a group of 5 Northeast divers and 1 California diver; there were no others on the boat. Because we all were friends, ou... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2004   Harry White
1000+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     This was our third trip to see the wrecks of Truk Lagoon, our first trip on the Truk Odyssey, now our liveaboard of choice. The si... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
1/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
FishNFins Full report   Koror   Third trip to Palau and third trip with FishNFins. Having been there with the original owners and new with Tova and Navot (who ha... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk   Odyssey has two things which make it very different from other top- end liveaboards. First, it was planned, designed and is run da... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Adventures Full report LiveAboard Truk Lagoon   This trip was all about the wrecks for us, and did the Odyssey ever deliver. Absolutely incredible wreck diving. Truk has the site... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
9/2003   Rod & Jeannie McLean
250+ Dives 		 
Big Blue Explorer Full report   Palau   The ship is an old Japanese communication vessel. The good news is that it is huge! There is lots of room to move around and the... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2003   Rick Hart
100+ Dives 		 
Truk Odyssey Full report LiveAboard     I would try to avoid Los Angeles on the way over or back. I fly frequently, but LA is by far the worst airport to fly through. L... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
6/2003   Terry Gee
1000+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Full report LiveAboard     This was the best live aboard trip we have been on so far. The reefs were just great. I think what made the trip was the boat crew a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   Russ
100+ Dives 		 
Truk Agressor II Full report LiveAboard     What fun! We would have done this years ago if we knew how much fun a live aboard could be. Captain Niall, first mate Tom, and ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2003   John and Sandra Quick
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report LiveAboard     We chartered the entire boat for our dive group of 16 from our friend's dive shop in Pennsylvania, all experienced divers. The Ag... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2003   JoAnne & Michael Amoroso
100+ Dives 		 
Aggressor Full report LiveAboard [NPalauA]   nitrox was down from most recent refit. Otherwisw a very friendly crew on a good boat They were very attentive to our needs ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
1/2003   D.Demming
500+ Dives 		 
Truk Aggressor II Full report   Truk   Truk Aggressor (April 14- 21, 2002): This was the absolute best overall liveaboard experience I have ever had. Capt. Tom Kleefeld... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2002   Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Palau Aggressor II (April 21- 28 2002): This was the second trip on the Palau Agressor II (my first trip was in Feb of 1997). A f... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2002   Dennis Johnson
250+ Dives 		 
Ulithi Adventure Resort Full report   Ulithi   Ulithi is pristine diving. The operation is very new but everyone is eager to learn. We pointed many critters out to the divema... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Hotel Full report   Yap   This was a return trip so we dove many more sites than just the mantas. Yap is underutilized as far as the other awsome diving av... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Hotel Full report   Yap   This was a return trip so we dove many more sites than just the mantas. Yap is underutilized as far as the other awsome diving av... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Resort Full report   Chuuk (Truk)   This was a return trip; we were surprised at the deterioration of the wrecks. The coral is as beautiful as ever. This is a wreck ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2002   Nikki Mahan
500+ Dives 		 
Nuclear Fleet Dive Team Full report   Bikini Atoll   I was in the lucky situation to be the only diver during my week of stay. This resulted in phantastic diving with a penetrations o... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
10/2001   Thomas Lippert
250+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ [same] ESA Hotel Full report   [N/A]Yap   EXCELLANT SMALL very personal operation, good local Divemasters with lots of local info, each boat had captain and DM, one t... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Blue Marlin Divers and The Black Pearl/ [same]Cove Resort Palau       "Cove Resort, Blue Marlin Divers and S/V Black Peal"
Getting there: Turkish Air with business class seats on their flagship aircraft between Atlanta and Manila via Istanbul. That’s g... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2022   Jon Hoffmann
500+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Sam's Tours/ [same]Palau a Royal Resort Full report   Palau   "Great diving with Sam's Tours"
Great variety of dive sites from walls to canyons with swim throughs to coral filled channels. 80 degree water and 80' visi... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
4/2017   Julie Finley
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Sam's Tours/ [same]Palau Royal Resort   [N/A]Palau   "Why did we wait to return to Palau for 12 years?"
We had not been back to Palau for 12 years because of covid and diving other locations (Maldives, Raja Amat, Belize and Waka... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2024   Camilla J Goble
500+ Dives 		 
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