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You’re riding Wax Cay Cut after making a negative entry into rollicking current. The only certainty on this dive is the speed — up to 2 knots — and the thrill.

This Best of 2014 Liveaboards section is a christmas list for vacationing divers! Make sure you check out the five reasons to dive each of the locations.

From an oil-crew boat salvaged from the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the 1980s, the 16-vessel fleet of Aggressor and Dancer yachts is born.

With 200 feet of viz possible on every dive, *Cayman Aggressor IV* gives you the best views of Grand, Little and Cayman Brac.

Spoilsport lets you choose between spectacular Great Barrier Reef dives, or whispering to the whales on snorkel all day long if you want.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive the Great Barrier Reef? Expert photographer and diver Craig Dietrich tells us how he met Mike Ball, founder of Mike Ball Expeditions in Australia, and ended up embarking on one of the most memorable liveaboard trips he has ever been on.

You join the divers perched on the entry deck, a mere six feet from the turbid ocean, frothing in the boat’s wake, and the divemaster counts down from 10.