Galapagos Aggressor dive entry and exit

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Mitzie

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Can anyone tell me how the Aggressor boat handles entry and exit on their dives. I've seen some posts that say it's a backward roll off a rubber skiff. Do they have a ladder for re-entry? Do they do any entries from the main boat?

I have a bad foot and should not be climbing a ladder with my gear on. I usually hand it all up and then just go up the stairs. I do understand that there is quite a bit of current that may make this a bit tricky, but I've done it before many, many times.

Any insight would be most helpful.
Thanks and safe diving!
 
I can't speak for the Aggressor as I have only been on the Humboldt Explorer (and will be on the Galapagos Sky this July), however, i suspect it is the same. All diving from liveaboards are from "pangas" which are like zodiacs. You back-roll into the water and depending on the current and surface conditions you will do a negative entry. The pangas on the Humboldt Explorer did have small ladders but I found it just as easy to pull myself on board while kicking with my fins. Easier than pulling off my fins in rough water and going up the ladder. Note, you remove you gear in the water, hand your panga driver your weights first then your BC. You then get on board. It is not as bad as it sounds.
 
As has been stated already, you don't climb the lightweight aluminum ladder with your gear on. It's not built to take that kind of weight. You hold onto the rope on the side of the panga and hand your gear up, then climb up the ladder...or fin up and in ala sea lions. There is no diving from the yacht. All moorings are at a short distance from the dive sites, thus the need for pangas...too far to swim. Plus, some sites have pick up in surge which the yacht is obviously not nimble enough to handle. Crew will give you a hand coming up if you need it.
 
On the Humbolt getting back in the Panga's was easy. The crew was some of the best.

The other operators are using the same method last I knew.
 

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