Aqua Cat Cruises Nassua Bahamas

Hi:

I’m thinking about doing an Aqua Cat Cruises liveaboard trip out of Nassau in the Bahamas next February.

It looks like a great trip. Does anyone have any experiences with this organization?

Thanks

The company owns three different liveaboard operations.

There is the Blackbeard and the Cat Ppalu - both are sailing type ships.

The Aquacat is their premium liveaboard.

I was on the Aquacat last January. It was my first liveaboard, and it was plush!

Nice boat, plenty of space, and great crew.

The dive deck was really nice. plenty of space for equipment and a big camera table. plenty of electric plugs for the chargers. Nice warm showers on the dive deck.

The food was good - 3 meals a day, plus drinks at night.l

we did 5 dives a day.

One planned shark dive where they brought down a chum-sicle.

The captain we had - Captain Ron is an excellent photographer - still uses his Nikonas cameras. They also have a photo contest for the wk. I even managed to win best of the week!

I highly recommend the Aquacat. The Blackbeard and the Cat Ppalu are fairly small boats, and from talking to the Aquacat crew, they said those boats were crowded, also they don't do as many dives per day. But they are good depending on your budget.

hope that was helpful.

Thanks for the report On the Aqua Cat Cruise, LChan.

I had been on the Blackbeard’s cruise a few years ago and wanted to compare experiences with the two operations. Looks like I will definitely be going on the cruise.

FWIW, the Blackbeard’s cruise was a good experience for the money paid. Crew were very nice. Accommodations were a little cramped, but I was able to manage. To this day, I am still amazed at both the quality and quantity of food the cook was able to present from such a small working space.

On the down side, the trip over was kind of rough (due to weather) to the extent that it was the only time I have ever felt sea sick on any kind of boat. And, the air compressor they used to refill the tanks was very noisy for most of the day.

Other than that, food was good, diving great, and the shark feeding was awesome. Lots of fish to see also.

Thanks again