hi all,
this is a brief report on my liveaboard trip to cocos island, CR. i had got aboard okeanos aggressor from the 11th thru 21st of april, 2006.
as i wanted to use my dolphin SCR, i had to make arrangements to get scrubber, a dolphin tank, and bailout bottles in CR. this was difficult because aggressor people in san jose, CR were not helpful in this regard. the final arrangements could be made with a great help of alan, undersea hunter in CR. as aggressor fleet has decided not to allow any more rebreather (RB) divers to attend their liveaboards, my trip was the last tour with rebreather divers by okeanos aggressor.
the captain was alberto, and the guides were alberto and javier, a spaniard. as okeanos aggressor carried two pangas, the guests were also divided into two groups. both were excellent guides undewater. crossing to and from cocos was easy. to my surprise, there was the other rebreather diver on board! this guy roger was an american. working in his local company, and diving YBOD (inspiration). the total number of guests was 18, including roger and me.
although april was a bit early for large groups of hammerheads, we saw quite a few groups consisting of 10-20 HHs. we dove at about ten different sites, but the best one by far was ALCYON. it's an undersea mount in the middle of open water with strong currents, and you are supposed to descend and ascend holding the rope attached to the bottom. one of the guests got drifted apart because she could not hold on to it! HHs were quite many there. and some of them got so close to me that i could reach them. i uploaded my photos taken with my nikonos V with a 15mm, and so you can believe what i have written.
it was also a bit early for red-lip batfish. i wanted to take a pic of the fish so that i brought a 105 mm only for that! although the other group saw it!, we could not :-<
overall, the trip was fun. i appreciated that the crew was gay and entertaining. the only bummer is, as i wrote, you will not be able to dive your RB on aggressor. BUT you have another choice! undersea hunter continues to support RB divers, although you have to bring your own RB and probably have to book for a trip TWO years ahead.
ken chung ar
this is a brief report on my liveaboard trip to cocos island, CR. i had got aboard okeanos aggressor from the 11th thru 21st of april, 2006.
as i wanted to use my dolphin SCR, i had to make arrangements to get scrubber, a dolphin tank, and bailout bottles in CR. this was difficult because aggressor people in san jose, CR were not helpful in this regard. the final arrangements could be made with a great help of alan, undersea hunter in CR. as aggressor fleet has decided not to allow any more rebreather (RB) divers to attend their liveaboards, my trip was the last tour with rebreather divers by okeanos aggressor.
the captain was alberto, and the guides were alberto and javier, a spaniard. as okeanos aggressor carried two pangas, the guests were also divided into two groups. both were excellent guides undewater. crossing to and from cocos was easy. to my surprise, there was the other rebreather diver on board! this guy roger was an american. working in his local company, and diving YBOD (inspiration). the total number of guests was 18, including roger and me.
although april was a bit early for large groups of hammerheads, we saw quite a few groups consisting of 10-20 HHs. we dove at about ten different sites, but the best one by far was ALCYON. it's an undersea mount in the middle of open water with strong currents, and you are supposed to descend and ascend holding the rope attached to the bottom. one of the guests got drifted apart because she could not hold on to it! HHs were quite many there. and some of them got so close to me that i could reach them. i uploaded my photos taken with my nikonos V with a 15mm, and so you can believe what i have written.
it was also a bit early for red-lip batfish. i wanted to take a pic of the fish so that i brought a 105 mm only for that! although the other group saw it!, we could not :-<
overall, the trip was fun. i appreciated that the crew was gay and entertaining. the only bummer is, as i wrote, you will not be able to dive your RB on aggressor. BUT you have another choice! undersea hunter continues to support RB divers, although you have to bring your own RB and probably have to book for a trip TWO years ahead.
ken chung ar
