Bahamas Aggressor, Bahamas

Awesome Liveaboard experience!

Overall I had a great liveaboard experience on the Bahamas Aggressor. The crew was wonderful and fun to be around. The food was also amazing.

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1. The Crew, 2. The Diving, 3. The Food

Absolutely Awesome

All the turtles and getting so much fabulous videos and stills.

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Diving, Accommodations, and the new friends I made.

Small boat with outdated rooms

First liveaboard experience, new to diving, everyone was very accommodating & helpful. Gaby was an amazing hostess & DM. The other DM let me where her wet suit because I was cold (no charge for a rental so nice!). I liked the video production that the other DM put together.

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Wall dives, chill easy dives, hot tub

Spectacular

Swim throughs, shark dive, spectacular reefs, petting a grouper, swarming sergeant majors, great food - I ate my way across the Caribbean

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Swim throughs. friendly sharks and grouper, great crew

Mediocre Experience

Overall, the diving was mediocre. I had been to Nassau a couple of years ago and the diving was superb, so I did have high expectations. However, the diving in the Exumas was not great. There were highlights, of course. We did see a hammerhead and a tiger shark and there were reef sharks, a couple of nurse sharks and a few turtles. But, overall, there simply weren't many varieties of fish nor an abundance of fish in general. Maybe it was just bad luck/bad timing. The boat and dive crew were nice, but not particularly friendly. We also got chewed out by the captain of the boat because some of us went deeper than 100' on a few dives. The captain said that was the rule on the Bahamas Aggressor and that if anyone did it again, they'd be banned from diving for the rest of the trip. When I checked the Know Before You Go on the Aggressor website, that rule does not exist. The rule that does exist states you can't dive beyond your certification. Those of us who went to greater than 100' were instructors and/or tech certified divers. What made it more interesting is that after that "chewing out," we never again went to a site where it was even possible to go even close to 100'. So not only were we chewed out for an arbitrary rule that no one had known about, it was a moot point since we didn't go to any other deep sites. I should also note that on dive previous to the one where we got chewed out, I was asked by one of the DMs to watch my depth as he was concerned newer dives might follow me deeper than their certification would allow (note: I never went deeper than 120' and I am a PADI MSDT Instructor). Again, arbitrariness. I will also note that not all of the dive guides dive with DSMBs, which is a minimal safety standard, I would think, for a dive guide....especially with so many of the divers not having DSMBs. There was also a dive where one of the dive guides led the dive in a such a way as not to get lost, per se, but did require that he surfaced to navigate, which can happen to anyone, of course, but he took everyone so far off of course that there was one out of air diver and many had to ascend and take a long surface swim back to the boat. Also, I picked up on a quite some tension amongst the dive team and between the dive team and the captain. This wasn't all of the time, but it was a little uncomfortable and something I've never witnessed on any previous liveaboards. On a positive note, food and dining service was superb. The interior of the boat was freezing cold with AC blowing despite extremely chilly weather. Apparently the cold blowing air is required for some reason. Great in the summer, but way too cold for our trip. As I re-read my review, I am sure it would be easy to conclude that I am a negative person. But I have never had one bad thing to say after any previous liveaboard experience or dive adventure. I hope these criticisms are taken instructively.

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Food, some good diving highlights

Great staff with solid diving

Highlights of the trip include night dive at Barracuda Shoals, marine park dives (wish we spent more time there), and Austin Smith wreck dives. Nassau is not nice. I would recommend minimizing time on land and plan to fly out the day you get off the boat. Weather did not cooperate on this trip but the staff did the best they could and they were great in every aspect.

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Crew, other passengers, shark dive

Amazing Diving Trip

Saw everything we could reasonably expect to see this time of year. Crew was fantastic and did their best to give us a great trip despite the weather. Food was consistently excellent with a very diverse menu. Highly recommend, have already booked a different itinerary with the same boat.

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Crew, Food, Amount of dives

The boat is worn and tired. Due to be replaced soon...good thing.

food

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1) Cathy is a great chef. Food was always great. 2) Crew was very friendly and helpful 3) Convinient...close to Miami.

Fantastic with the usual professional staff

great dive sites, good wreck diving

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Fellow divers, courteous and helpful staff, great chef

Everything about my trip was extraordinary, especially the crew, it was a great adventure !

The highlights of my trip involved the incredible amount of caring, support and goodwill that the crew exhibited during the entire trip...this involved all aspects ranging from the diving, accommodations,and food. Every member of the crew was there for us in every way...I consider this trip as one of my greatest adventures

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The crew was amazing, entirely sincere, the diving was superb and the food fantastic !

Wonderful SCUBA diving and eating! Repeat 4 or 5 times a day. Awesome sites! Warm nights made it difficult to sleep. Probably 78 degrees and up. Luckily, They had a fan for me.

The washing machine drift dive was really fun!

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Weather, diving and eating

Amazing experience strongly recomended.

Pig island, washing machine dive site, reef shark interaction!

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Dive sites, crew members and food & good price.

Great crew. Dated Boat.

The crew was very helpful and friendly. The group of guests got along very well. Great value for the money.

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The Crew. The food. The warm and relaxed atmosphere.

Phenomenal diving

The diving was amazing . Crew was amazing . Food was amazing . Agressor does fantastic job and always exceeds expectations . The boat however was old and outdated , felt very cramped on dive deck and only indoor area which was dining room as well as lounge , so at times felt too cozy with everyone together all the time . Word has it , it be be refitted completely soon

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Dive sites , meals , crew

awesome!

crew

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food service sharks

Met all my expectations, morning shark encounter with metallic triangular feeder was excellent.

Shark feed, eating lunch and dinner on top deck, and an exceptional crew.

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Shark encounter, excellent crew and guests who were all friendly and kind

Great staff, so so berth

Well, the diving was fabulous. The upper bunk was small, with a low ceiling and no ladder/step access, so I had to step on my roommates bed to get in bed. The room never got cool, and the water from the sink or shower was never hot.

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The staff, the food, the views

Crew was great.

Meeting new people. (Weather limited dive site options. So diving was mixed.)

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Crew. Food. Other divers.

Relaxed, friendly and fun.

The staff was very friendly and accommodating on board and during dives. Good dive briefs and efficient dive deck operation.

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Friendly staff, efficient operation, after dive snacks.

Great crew and fantastic group of divers

Seeing the tiger sharks and getting to swim with dolphins

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Lots of sharks, got to swim with dolphins, and great group of people

Standard Aggressor Trip

A lot of the dives were shallow so we got nice, long dives to really enjoy it. Still got a few deep dives in and the Lost Blue Hole was a treat as was the two baited shark dives. I wish I had gone earlier in the year because the warm waters meant not as much life. As usual for Aggressor, the crew was fantastic and accommodating.

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Loggerhead Turtles, Easy Dives, Good Service

Had a blast with this crew, excellent diving

Just having fun with the other divers and crew. Always good food available. The only "bad" thing is that we had signed up in advance for a few certifications. The crew didn't seem prepared to do them or even know about them. Bad communication? I got one but my husband was unable to get his. He was disappointed in that.

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1. The crew was fantastic 2. Great diving sites 3. Great food

Top notch service!!

The crew were awesome and the food was great.

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Eat, Sleep, and DIVING

Awesome dive experience

This was my first Aggressor Liveaboard and the crew and their attention to detail was unmatched. They put the safety and comfort of the guests first. Dive sites Black Tip and Dog Rocks were my two favorite sites. Awesome trip and I hope to do another Aggressor trip in the future

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The crew and their attention to detail, perfect weather condtions, experience of other guests

Super first liveaboard trip!!

The diverse dive spots, diving with sharks, complete relaxation, no pressure, the amazing food, meeting new friends and a fun, friendly staff…every single one of them.

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The whole dive experience, the staff and the food!!

Very good dive trip

tiger shark

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food, crew, boat

Great first liveaboard experience!

Seeing two great hammerheads! Swimming with several loggerheads! Reaching over 50 dives!

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The staff, the food, the structure

It was perfect!!

Shark dive, lost blue hole, doing the advanced adventurer course

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Great crew, food and awesome diving.

Great

Amazing.

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Crew, being on boat, diving

Great diving and a very friendly and helpfull crew

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Amazing

After the hurricane I wasn't expecting the diving to be great but our knowledgable captain made the call and headed out to Eleuthera were there was less wind and currents. Diving was great, visibility as well weather didn't cooperate but you can't book the weather. Staff was amazing food was to die for overall a trip worth every penny

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Diving, food, and people

The best liveaboard for those who look for awesome dives in the Bahamas

The dives with the bahamian reef sharks are amazing! The captain will make your dreams of diving with sharks come true :)

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Dive sites, good food and the crew service - after dives you get a hot shower and nice towell hug!

memorable!

1) Barracuda Shoals 2) Jack's Hole 3) Split coral (with sharks!)

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relaxed and friendly atmosphere, hot tub, variety of dive sites

The crew tried their best, but we found out they were one man short, didn't have the usual cook, and 20' beginner reefs just got boring (blackbeards was doing wall dives while we were in the shallows)

The few deeper dives/wall dives we did were fun, and had lots of potential, but we only did a single (two if we were lucky) dive at any of them. We spent a lot of time at 20-30' deep sites....The blue hole would have been great, but we waited till the last day and the viz was under 15' so you couldn't see anything....we should have done this one earlier in the week when the weather was better, it could have been an epic dive in better conditions. If I was the captain, I would have used the chase boat (zodiac) to my advantage. All the divers did a lot of swimming to and from sites, which would leave us perhaps 10 - 20 min time exploring the wall, and another 30-40min finding the site/finding where the boat swung to after the dive. My Girlfriend got her advanced open water course completed, and her instructor (Manx Dave) was really awesome as a teacher, and just to hang out with between dives. He was a real hard worker. The rest of the crew was great, but we found out they were short a man, and unfortunately one guy was on his first week with the boat, and the regular chef had to take the week off. The food was still good, but not quite at the same level as other liveaboards I've been on. We did a shark dive on a wreck, but they only put a single fish in the bucket, so the action was kinda limited. I've done lots of shark dives (Tiger Beach trip with SDM, Bull Sharks in Cancun, Hammers in Bimini), and this one just didn't stack up even close to those. There was lots of coral to see, and some sites had nice swim through caverns...it just seemed like the animals that were advertised (eagle rays, saw few sharks, no big schools of fish) just were not there. This might be because we spent the majority of the trip outside the protected park area perhaps. Overall, the trip was OK, but some better planning of where to go on what days would have gone a long way. We had a ton of experienced divers aboard, and a lot of us agreed that the dives were beginner level.

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offered Ad. Open Water Course for my Girlfriend, had a good instructor, and we saw a few sea turtles (only highlight animal to write home about)

Very comfy dives with nice crew and nice boat

no currents diving like being at the swimming pool, sharks not very shy which I love, because I love when they come close to you, and lovely people

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easy dives, nice people, lovely food

Very nice

The wreck dive with the sharks are very cool and the crews was very friendly and professional. Big tanks

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The crews, Bahamas and the dive

it was a perfect trip, you really nice crew and buddys

A new friend buddy for the next dives trip. The party at the end of the trip. Nice coral dives. Swin pigs. And the great meals that kaleb prepare for us. Thanks

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dives, foods and new friends

Fun trip yet the boat is showing its age

The food, the awesome group mix and the fact that the group of divers was experienced. The crew did their best to ensure that we were always taken care of and enjoying our time aboard.

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1. Comfortable diving from the Main boat (no tender or zodiacs involved). 2. Food and snacks were always top notch. 3. Caribbean waters are awesome

Incredible crew and dive sites to match

The experience with the Tiger Sharks, the professionalism, food and hospitality on the boat and the variety of dives sites available in and around Tiger Beach.

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The crew, the quality of dive sites and the food

Una experiencia inolvidable

El contacto con los tiburones fue algo único e inolvidable. El buceo en el Blue Hole también me resultó impresionante. Todas las inmersiones estaban muy bien programadas, con mucha variedad, bien dirigidas, bien explicadas y con diferentes estilos de buceo para asegurar la diversión.

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Encuentro con tiburones. Magnífico chef de cocina. Zona de inmersión absolutamente espectaculares.

My first dive vacation on a boat was a great pleasure.

Diving with sharks, night dives.

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Very kind staff, good food, good dive spots.

lonving the aggressor experience

Sharing what i like the most woth other divers was amazing. I loved sharing difes, meals, funny moments. Thank you lovely crew for taking such good care of us !

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amazing cuisine, fantastic crew, lots of fun

Excellent diving, food in a small group.

Rented camera and got some great shots. Took Nitrox course and the benefits it provides. Meeting other divers from all over. Terrific service and food.

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Diving, small group of divers, food.

Top notch!

The variety of marine life, fun and professional crew, meeting new friends from all over the world

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Small group, crew, five dives a day

perfect dive week

perfect crew top dive sites

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top food, top crew, top dive sites

Amazing

Tiger shark

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Crew, food, dives

Nice experience

The dive on the lost blue hole I would say

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The crew, food and the boat

Excelente diving and food

Tiger sharks, food, amazing crew

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Diving, chef, vessel

Bahamas trip

Small beds

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Nice staff, sharks and sun 😊

Unforgatable

The sharkdives Plenty of sharks and groupers under the boat

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The crew made it possible to let you enjoy every dive by helping you starting and ending the dive Very Nice enthousiast crew Big subdeck that gave you space Nice dry place for your camera computer and other devices that you good use as powerstation

No Fish on the Reefs of the Bahamas - See details below ( Corporate Response ? )

The Highlights were the Shark Dives ( 2 in total ) We completed 24 dives in total. The fish life on the reefs was very poor and nearly non existent in some areas. When I asked the Dive guides on 2 separate occasions, I believe I got a corporate response Answers were = 1, Mankind - 2, Global Warming and 3, Illegal Fishing. This begs the question- If the dive crew knew that there were no fish in the area then why drop divers on a reef with no fish. Why not pick a new Dive site. Overall about 75 percent of the dives were poor with little or no fish. If you are thinking of coming to the Bahamas to see " Topical Fish " find another location. I did raise 2 concerns with the Boat crew and immediately the response was " Talk to the Captain " this was a strange reaction as all of the way throughout the cruise we were told by the crew " We are here to serve you " - The Captain may have been asleep as he also covered Night Duties. I would have imagined that the Crew members should have taken the concern on board and followed up with the Captain rather than the Guest trying to find (and Perhaps Disturb) the Captain from his sleep or other duties.

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The Food & The Weather

Distinctly average, only did half of advertised itinerary

Unfortunately very few highlights for me as I felt the trip was either slightly missold or misadvertised as only half the itinerary was done and also 2.5 days of the trip the boat was docked...

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A few sharks, turtles, food