Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in
Honduras/Bay Islands - Utila

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Utila Aggressor, May, 2006, by James Heimerq, TX, USA ( Contributor 15 reports). Report 2476.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	The Utila Agressor is a new vessel (since Feb 06), with the typical small, but very clean rooms. It is smaller than other Aggressors with only one lounge area. It accommodates 14 (we had 12 on board) with six crew (Captain Eddy, 1st mate / DM Nestor, DM Shara, and cook Marna assisted by Candy and Shane in the galley. The crew is outstanding. However -- we booked the Utila Aggressor for two reasons - to see whale sharks and to be able to dive the best sites on all three Bay Islands. Unfortunately, mechanical problems with a refrigerator/freezer and one AC unit curtailed the travel to one (partly stormy) day at Roatan. The rest of the time was spent a dive spots around Utila that can be reached from any shore resort, and we spent each night in Utila harbor. The owner of the Aggressor, who we all met, and the crew made every effort to get the repairs made in a timely manner, which they were. Because most of those on board were interested in maximizing diving, we did not take time out to look for whale sharks. We later learned that another boat (shore based) had had 11 encounters and gone in the water seven times to swim with both whale sharks and mantas. Bummer for us. Re the diving - walls and reefs with generally excellent vis. Did not see anything large, and only a couple of morays and turtles to break the parade of the "usual tropicals." Deep dives on the Aguilla (Roatan), at Mary's Place (also Roatan), the Halliburton Wreck, and the Pinnacle were high lights, as was a dive at Corrines Reef (Roatan again). We will probably not do the Utila Aggressor again, but rather go to one of the shore resorts, Laguna Beach Resort or Utila Dive Resort (not sure of those names). I can recommend the Utila Aggressor (and can not speak highly enough of the crew and owner), but if you go during whale shark season be sure and make your wishes known, if you want to see whale sharks. And make sure that the itinerary will include visits to all of the islands, weather and other conditions permitting.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Tahiti, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico (both coasts), N and S California, Texas, Norway, Bahamas, Australia, Cayman Islands, USVI, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather		Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max depth of 110 feet
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Digital photography only supported; camera table on dive deck and dedicated rinse tank at the dive deck; staff extremely helpful with photography tips; not well set up to download cards to computer or display on large screen TV in lounge (connection ports for RCA cables no accessible / working only intermittently)

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Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in Honduras/Bay Islands - Utila

Utila Aggressor, May, 2006,

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Dive Review of Utila Aggressor in
Honduras/Bay Islands - Utila