Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
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Aggressor Fleet: "A disappointment compared to October 2019.", May, 2024, by Elisabeth Sykes, NM, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13197.
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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	PROS: The crew was attentive and very service oriented. They were safety conscious without being over-bearing. The chef prepared delicious meals, some of the best we’ve ever had on live aboard boats. The water was warm, generally 80 - 85 degrees Fahrenheit. A skin or a 3 mm suit were all that was needed. The boat is clean and well-maintained. If one likes wreck diving, the USS Kittiwake, a former submarine rescue ship, was prepared for recreational diving, intentionally sunk, and one can penetrate the hull from bow to stern. Also, there is the wreck of the MV Captain Keith Tibbetts, a USSR destroyer intentionally sunk as artificial reef in 1996, as well as the Oro Verde. CONS: The Cayman Aggressor IV, as I recall was a former oil rig supply boat. While it was renovated in 2022, it is nowhere as spacious or comfortable as the Cayman Aggressor V that we dove from in October 2019. With two people in a room it’s very difficult for one person to pass the other in the narrow aisle between the beds. Compared to October 2019, most of the reefs are coated in algae. I asked the dive guides why this might be. They speculated that it is caused by overfishing so there are not enough fish to eat the algae. There are few fish compared to October 2019. Elisabeth Sykes and Vick Thomas
Websites	Aggressor Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Yap-Micronesia, Republic of Palua, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Sea of Cortez, Cayman Islands, Belize, Bonaire, Bahamas, California, Mexico, Florida Keys, Hawaii, Turks and Caicos, etc.
Closest Airport	Grand Cayman (GCM)	Getting There	There are flights from Miami. On other days of the week there may be flights from Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW).
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1) Maximum depth of 100 - 110 feet. However, there was no need to dive that deep. 2) No diving after drinking alcohol. If one imbibes, they need to wait until the next day to dive.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There is a dedicated table on the stern of the dive deck. There is ample space for camera gear, unless the majority of the divers are using large digital SLR's in large housings with strobes. There are adequate outlets to charge rechargeable batteries and there are dry cloths to dry the camera gear, as needed.

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Cayman Islands

Aggressor Fleet: "A disappointment compared to October 2019.", May, 2024,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Cayman Islands