Okeanos
Aggressor
March 1994
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map of Cocos Island Click here.
There are two
The currents were strong and unpredictable. Several experienced divers had very wild
rides. All the diving was done from dingys and the dingy drivers did there best to coral the
bubbles, but after picking up several divers to return to the mother ship, some
divers were carried outside the parameter of safety. By today’s standards
safety on this trip was poor. Fortunately
no one was seriously hurt. Hopefully the
safety equipment has been upgraded. The
condition of the boat was also marginal and the physical features of the boat were
also less than one would expect from an Aggressor boat. I had another friend who took this boat a
couple of years later and it was much worse.
The boat has been overhauled twice since then. If you want a private bath or other amenities,
check with the aggressor folks before booking this boat. It is still an older boat built in 1972.
Diving at Cocos is
supposed to be spectacular. It was very
good the week I was there but not great.
The hammerheads were shy and stayed deeper than I preferred to
venture. Many other folks I know had
better weeks.
In the video you will see some
tropical fishes, lots of Jacks, Mackerel, and Tuna. Of course there were Sharks, both white-tip
and hammerheads. I also got shots of a
manta Ray and a sword fish. The quality
of the video is relatively poor for several of reasons:
Visibility
was poor on many days.
We did
not have good sun-light on most days
The
critters were too far way for the video lights to help
My old
Sony V-9 8mm video camera was having problems (Sony could not fix it and so I
upgraded to HI-8 when I returned). It
was the best available when I bought it but it technology has improved.
The
process of converting the old Analog videos to digital loses resolution
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