Roatan Aggressor

The Bay Islands of Honduras are home to large marine life, such as whale sharks, Caribbean reef sharks and bottlenose dolphins. The region is also world-renowned for its wall diving, spectacular wrecks, beautiful shallow reefs, and sea mounts rarely explored by divers. The Roatan Aggressor runs weekly liveaboard cruises to its very best sites, including Utila and Roatan. Honduras has been an Aggressor liveaboard destination since 1989, so the operator knows the area very well.

The Roatan Aggressor is a large and powerful steel hull yacht at 120 ft (36m) long. 18 guests can be accommodated in comfort and privacy onboard. All staterooms are air-conditioned and fitted with private bathrooms, showers and hairdryers. Linens are changed midweek and fresh towels are placed in each stateroom as needed. There are 6 boat crew to attend to guest needs.

A cooked-to-order breakfast starts each day, then buffet lunch and an elegant waiter-served dinner, in addition to fresh mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks. Beverages are complimentary while onboard. There is an exciting and varied weekly menu, featuring dishes from around the world. These include salads, soups, main courses of fish, seafood, beef or chicken, fresh bread, plenty of fruit and vegetables, and a selection of desserts. As with most Aggressor cruises, the final night is spent at harbor and dinner is taken at a restaurant after an onboard cocktail party.

The spacious air-conditioned saloon features a dining area and a comfy lounge area with TV, and computer station. The upper deck has a large social area with lounge-style seating, deck chairs, shaded wet bar and grill, stereo system and hot tub. Other features of the liveaboard include a complete photo center with digital video and still-photo editing, a satellite phone, an onboard boutique, and a safe to store any guest valuables. Evening entertainment includes diving and fish identification presentations, movies, games and more. There is a small library of books for exchange, as well as fish ID books for reference. A souvenir CD of your cruise will be available.

Up to 5 dives per day are done from the mothership. The stern and platform area are very spacious and the dive deck features individual dive lockers, rinse tanks and a large camera table with low pressure air hoses, and a membrane nitrox system. The boarding ladders were designed for convenience to allow easy entries and exits. Enjoy hot fresh water showers after your dive and dry off with a warm towel. So if you are looking for an exciting Caribbean dive trip on a reputable liveaboard yacht in Honduras, the Roatan Aggressor might be just what you're looking for.

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Dive experience: All certified divers may join these Honduras liveaboard cruises to Utila and Roatan. Each diver is responsible for judging for themselves if they are adequately trained to take part in each dive.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner (except final evening), snacks, all drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), dives (as detailed in the trips above), 2 experienced dive crew, tanks, weights and weightbelts, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment rental (US$ 225 per week, wetsuit rentals are not available), diving computer (US$ 60 per week), port and park fees (7 nights US$ 145), restaurant meal on final evening. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (credit card or cash).

Optional extras: Nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 100 per week), torch (US$ 8 per week), 15 liter tank (US$ 100 per week), dive insurance (see our dive insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.

How to get there: The Roatan Aggressor runs weekly 7 night dive cruises of the Bay Islands, departing every Saturday from the dock located at Roatan Yacht Club in French Harbor, Roatan. Major airlines that fly to Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport, Roatan (RTB), include Delta, United, and American Airlines, from Miami, Atlanta, Houston and Dallas. It's also possible for liveaboard guests to fly in to Honduras' other international airports and then connect to Roatan. These flights include Air Europa, Aeromexico, Spirit and Avianca/Taca. Upon arrival after clearing immigration and customs, guests should take a taxi to Roatan Yacht Club; it takes about 20 minutes and costs about US$ 20. Boarding is from 3:30-6:00 pm. The boat departs on the following morning after port authorities have checked all guests' passports.
The liveaboard boat returns to port in the afternoon of the penultimate day, with checkout being at 8 am on Saturday morning. Roatan Aggressor can arrange taxis to the airport or hotels. The last dive of the cruise will be at around 11 am on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: US$ 200 discount off the published price (does not apply to specials).

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travelers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 65% of the normal published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests, and 1 additional person can join the cruise in a Deluxe Stateroom free of charge (total 9 or more guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 16 guests, and 2 additional persons can join the cruise in a Deluxe Stateroom free of charge (total 18 guests).

Bay Islands (8 Days / 7 Nights - 27 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, dolphins, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Roatan: Mary’s Place, Taviana’s Wall, Aquila Wreck, Odyssey Wreck; Coco’s Sea Mount; Cayos Cochinos: Toon Town, Pelican Point; Utila: Black Hills, Duppy Waters, CJ’s Drop-off, Raggedy Cay, Old Bank, Cannery Bank, Jack Neil Point, Halliburton Wreck, Hawksbill Bank

Day 1
Boarding the Roatan Aggressor starts at 3:30 pm in French Harbor, but you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. There will be snacks and drinks served. The tour leader will welcome you onboard, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the liveaboard boat features and the plans for the coming week. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Then dinner will be served. After a good night's sleep, the diving will commence the next day.

Days 2-7
Expect up to 5 dives a day (including night dives) at the best dive sites that the Bay Islands of Honduras have to offer. The waters are home to large marine species, such as whale sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, turtles and bottlenose dolphins, and the region of Utila, Roatan and Cayos Cochinos is also world-renowned for its wall diving, spectacular wrecks, offshore mounts, and captivating critter diving. Highlights include arrow crabs, tiger cowries, octopus, squid, frogfish, toadfish, drums, flying gurnards, seahorses, fire worms and yellowhead jawfish. Throughout the week there will be opportunities to go ashore for swimming, snorkeling and beach combing.
The menu onboard is varied and plentiful, with a variety of international cuisine. You will wake up to fresh fruit, hot entrees, cereals and juices. Lunches are buffet-style, featuring hot soups, homemade breads, salads and sandwiches, and/or entrees. Dinners are chef prepared and table served each evening. Examples include: Asparagus Cream Soup, Apple and Celery Salad with Nuts, Chicken and Bell Stew, Beef Tenderloin and King Prawns served with a Creamy Brown Sauce, Mushroom Pie, Pear Strudel, Black and White Chocolate Crème. There will also be plenty of snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Beverages include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a limited selection of local beer and wine.
After 2 morning dives on the last full day of the trip, the Roatan Aggressor returns to the harbor for a cocktail party. Then you can go ashore to enjoy a final dinner at Romeo’s Restaurant.

Day 8
After a continental breakfast, you will disembark at 8 am, either to the airport, accommodation, or a day visitor resort.

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[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].

The Roatan Aggressor has 9 lower deck guest cabins, all with private bathrooms. There is 1 Master Stateroom with queen-sized bed, 6 Deluxe Staterooms that can be used as twin or double bed, and 2 smaller Twin Staterooms that have bunk beds.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 10 / 11 - hot water

Customer reviews:

"The liveaboard boat is not small, but the space is not well used: all cabins are at the bottom and most are small or very small. The cabin we got was the smallest cabin I've ever had on any liveaboard. There was just a small drawer big enough for a few t-shirts as the only storage space. I ended up having to keep my luggage on the bottom bed and my clothes and other belongings in it.
The diving was ok enough, fish life was a bit low, soft coral was ok, there was almost no hard coral. Didn't see a single shark outside of a couple of shark feedings (and only about 5 or 6 at that time), and very few bigger fish. The boat says they don't guide dives, but they kind of do, although it's one guide for 14 divers, which made a bit of a mess (too many people on top of one another).
The food was fairly good, the service was ok. There was cell connectivity during 80-90% of the trip." - Marc Merlin, USA, 3 May 2023 ...