Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Costa Rica/Cocos Island

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Aggressor Fleet: "Diving was great, live aboard was a big disappointment", May, 2022, by Steven Damsky, NY, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11917 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I have used Aggressor many times, but noticed a real decline in value and quality. And should have gone with Undersea Hunter, except they were private chartered for National Geographic during my vacation window. This is an expensive trip to begin with at almost $7k per person, so you wouldn’t expect to be nickeled and dimed on top of that. In addition to the cost of an overnight hotel, There was a last minute per person $250 fuel surcharge, extra for nitrox which was a requirement, and another $1000 in park fees. All in, excluding Airfare it was a little over $10k per diver. I understan ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Aggressor Fleet [same]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Roatan, Turks & Caicos, Florida Keys, Red Sea, Kona Hawaii, Cocos Island CR
Closest Airport	SJO	Getting There	Arrive day before, then 36-40 hours by boat
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	75-82°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-20 Ft/ 5-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Due to hazards, all dives were group drift dives
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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
UW Photo Comments	To many crew and divers were using the camera rinse tanks for masks and wetsuits, so I had to hand rinse all my equipment. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By Mary McCombie in CT, US at May 19, 2022 17:25 EST

My second trip to Cocos was on this boat and we found it crummy. Sounds like it only got worse!

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in Costa Rica/Cocos Island

Aggressor Fleet: "Diving was great, live aboard was a big disappointment", May, 2022,

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Dive Review of Aggressor Fleet in
Costa Rica/Cocos Island