Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in
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Utila Aggressor: "Roatan Aggressor Nov 2018 rainy season", Nov, 2018, by Jason Propsner, GA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 10751 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Flew Delta to Roatan direct for 2 hr 40 minutes. This flight only happens on Saturdays from Atlanta in and out of Roatan. After landing and clearing customs I took a taxi to Romeo’s restaurant. The Aggressor in Roatan doesn’t offer a pickup like other Aggressor locations. You must pay your own taxi to the boat. The ride was about 20 minutes and was a flat $15 US. The Aggressor is docked at Romeos and the restaurant held my luggage while I ordered a very good margarita pizza and a coke. I only waited about 40 minutes and the crew motioned for us to board. They handled all our luggage and gave us a huge welcome. We went right to setting up our gear the dive deck. The deck is large with wide seats for each station. Even the most wide bottomed diver should have enough room. The bench had ample storage under your seat. Fins are stored by the crew all week. The storage bin also has a large basket to help keep all your small things in easy reach. Wetsuits are hung up on a high rail. Most guests can’t reach it without climbing on the bench. The crew asked that we let them handle hanging the wetsuits. The deck had a large rinse tank for cameras and a large trash can filled with soapy water for wetsuits but lacked a mask rinse bucket. The crew suggested that people rinse their masks in the wetsuit water. The deck had large comfortable rugs to help with anti-slip. I would recommend other live-aboards learn from this solution. There was two, sometimes warm/hot showers on the dive deck for rinsing. Shampoo was provided. The fills were 3000 PSI. I used one of only two 100CF tanks onboard. The charge was $100 for the week to rent this larger tank. The boat includes 80CF tanks in the cost of the charter. The Nitrox was averaging 30 percent all week for those that wanted to use it. Nitrox was $100 for the week also. All diving was done via the mothership. We accessed the dive deck via two narrow stairs with all your gear. The crew would carry tanks for those that needed extra help. Giant stride off the dive deck after the crew put your fins on for us. The dive masters were always on the dive but were clear they don’t lead the dives. The Roatan Aggressor has what they call an open dive deck. You can get in the water any time the pool is open. The dive masters would ring a bell when their dives were started but you weren’t required to start your dive when they did, even though everyone did. At the end of the dive the DMs would wait in the water at the ladder and remove your fins if you wanted. Very nice offering and showed how this crew constantly went above and beyond the norm. Diving in the bay islands is good for new divers and easy. We saw lots of seahorses, frog fish, turtles and other typical Caribbean characters. Very good location for macro shooting. We did do one shark dive and had some large gray Caribbean reef sharks show up. That dive was the only “live dive” we did during the week. The live dive was while the ship was not moored and picked us up in the current after the dive was over. Night dives were offered. We saw octopus, lots of large crabs and other night time Caribbean creatures. The water was a consistent 80-83 degrees Fahrenheit. The visibility was limited this time of year due to the rainy season run off. There are better times of year to dive the bay islands. We went to dive over the Thanksgiving week and sacrificed some visibility due to the time of year. We did get a lot of rain at the beginning of the week, but it cleared up by the end of the week for some days of good sun for those that want to sunbath. The dive deck towels were not washed often and were assigned to each guest throughout the week. The towels were pretty ripe by the end of the week. They should consider washing them more often. The rooms were small compared to other live-aboards. There is only one drawer split down the middle to share with your roommate. The beds were long enough for tall people, but you had to climb on the lower bunk to get to the upper bunk. The shower in my room had very poor pressure and was mostly cold. Each room had its own AC controls. Some people who were cold natured just shut their’s off while mine was set to a good chill. This is a very nice feature, so everyone could be comfortable. I heard no complaints about the temperatures in the cabin or galley all week. The galley had plenty of seating for meals, but this boat lacks a lounge area for guests in between dives. Most of guest on my trip sat upstairs on the sun deck. The meals were very good. Breakfast was to order but had a set menu each day. Lunch was usually buffet style and included a desert. Dinner was served by courses and were all very good creations. The chef accommodated no seafood requests, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free guest on our charter. In between dives snacks were sweet in the morning and savory in the afternoon. The food and service were fantastic on the Roatan Aggressor. Jonathan, Jena and the DMs were at every meal to see to anyone’s needs and serve drinks. On Friday night the crew offered a punch party on the upper deck with awards and time to mingle. Afterwards the guest went to dinner on their own. Our group went to Romeos next to the boat. Saturday morning, we were asked to be out of the room by 7:45am. The boat had arranged a ride for those going to the airport. $15 US each person for that ride. My fight wasn’t until the late afternoon, so I chose to use the Clarion Hotel offer. This was $51 US with tax. It included a ride to and from the resort, breakfast from a set menu and internet included. The breakfast was large and very good. The internet did not work. We did find a nice room at the spa they opened up for us to relax before going to the airport with AC and comfortable couches. Romeos has internet too, next to the boat, so I had plenty of time to catch up, even though the resort internet didn’t work at the Clarion. The airport was packed on Saturday, but we got through customs and security within 20 minutes. The terminal was also packed but there were open seats to wait for our plane. The terminal was air-conditioned and there was free internet. You did have to wait a while for the sign off web page to populate but once you did the internet was pretty good.
Websites	Utila Aggressor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Galapagos, Caribbean, Florida, Truk, Palau.
Closest Airport	Roatan	Getting There	Direct flight from Atlanta to Roatan
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Open deck. Enter the water anytime the pool was open.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The camera table was large but had limited dry shelves. The charging shelf was used for clothes and I always had to dig out my batteries under shirts, shorts and hats stored on same shelf. They had plenty of dry washcloths for drying cases but lacked compressed air on the camera table. The crew would rinse the cameras after the dive and place them on the camera table for each guest.

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Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in Honduras/Bay Islands

Utila Aggressor: "Roatan Aggressor Nov 2018 rainy season", Nov, 2018,

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Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in
Honduras/Bay Islands