Dive Review of Roatan Agressor in
Honduras/Roatan, Utila, Cayos

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Roatan Agressor: "Fun trip, great boat, sad reef system", Apr, 2024, by Pamela Herbert, NC, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 12942 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was a fun trip in spite of the condition of the reef system. The Roatan Aggressor had a fantastic crew who were always cheerful, helpful and fun to be around. The crew is small (9 people, I think) so everyone does what they can to help out. The Captain was also a dive master as was the cruise director. The dive masters and engineer also helped serve food. It was a group effort all the way around so it was always easy to get help if you needed it and, as I said, everyone in the crew was upbeat and fun. We had a safety briefing at the beginning of the trip that included showing the locations of life vests and rafts, O2 tanks and fire extinguishers. No muster drill but considering the conditions and how close we were to land that seemed fine to me. They were very clear about how to get off the boat if you needed to and that's generally the thing I really want to know. No charging in cabins when you are not there and they encouraged people to use the myriad of plugs around the boat in public places, instead. They have a night watchman who specifically monitors the camera table on the deck for heat or smoke. I felt safe. The cabins are small but not terribly so, the upper bunk is hard to get into and you can't sit up in bed because it's so close to the ceiling. All cabins have an ensuite bathroom that was clean. There is a large sun deck with 6 lounge chairs on it but I wished it had had more shaded areas because you have to cover with a towel or bake. There is a banquet at a table and some bar stools at a counter in the shade but they are not super comfy. More shade for lounging would be appreciated. The sun deck does have a hot tub that we enjoyed daily. The food was fantastic. A menu was posted every day and if you wanted to make modifications all you had to do was ask - Jana and Janelle were very accomodating. They also served delicious snacks, once in the morning and once in the afternoon and they had hot chocolate (with rum if you wanted it) after the night dive. The dive deck was large and comfortable - no crowding. Each station had a lidded bin and a nitrox hookup so the refills were fast. There was also a camera table with plenty of plugs and a couple of levels so it was easy to store extra batteries, etc. and leave your camera there. All diving is done off the boat, no pangas. You put on your equipment at your station except for fins and when you reached the deck the crew would put your fins on for you and then you jump. If you had a camera they would hand it down to you. Returning to the boat they feature their 'Fintastic' service where you hold on to the ladder and stretch out horizontally like a superhero and one of the crew members removes your fins so you can climb the ladder. You can also hand up your camera. This was a very easy boat to dive from. They also had 2 dive deck showers with plenty of hot water. The dives all started with a briefing and an announcement of which staff would be in the water. You were not required to stick with a dive master but they were there, sporting bright yellow tanks which were easy to see. If you didn't want to find your own way around you could just keep an eye on which way they were going but still do your own dive. They were all good at finding critters so it was worth it to stick somewhat close to them. We did 4 - 5 dives a day depending on whether or not there was a night dive. I think there was no night dive only 2 days out of 6. All in all I recommend the boat if you want to dive in that area. TBH, I don't plan on diving in the Caribbean for a while (if you don't count the Nov trip I already signed up for). The reef system, particularly around Roatan, home to a huge cruise ship port, is in rough shape. For example, the once resplendent Blue Channel is just brown. The abundance of sea life is noticeably diminished. It kind of hurt my heart to see that. [flickr.com link] [flickr.com link] [flickr.com link]
Websites	Roatan Agressor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Guanaja, Utila, Roatan, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, Baja, Bahamas, NC coast. Galapagos, Socorro, Raja Ampat, Komodo
Closest Airport	RTB	Getting There	Fly through MIA, IAH or DFW. I flew through MIA from RDU. No issues except timing
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco dives, make it back to the boat before departure time.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Soaking tank dedicated to cameras, nice camera table, plenty of juice, crew would hand down cameras and bring them up for you.

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Dive Review of Roatan Agressor in Honduras/Roatan, Utila, Cayos

Roatan Agressor: "Fun trip, great boat, sad reef system", Apr, 2024,

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Dive Review of Roatan Agressor in
Honduras/Roatan, Utila, Cayos