I dived on the Roatan Aggressor in November, 2022 after a frustrating couple years trying to get money back from the Cayman Aggressor after a couple Covid cancellations. I was only able to get the money transferred elsewhere when the Cayman Aggressor went out of business.
I booked the Cayman Aggressor soon after the Conception and Red Sea Aggressor boat fires, and my wife and I paid extra for a room above decks for easy exit in case of emergency. The Roatan Aggressor does not have such a room, and we were instead put in what they said was their premier cabin--in the ship bow. That was a joke. It was the most uncomfortable cabin in design, and it bounced in any kind of wave action. It was the farthest from the exit. No refund on our extra payment for the Cayman premium cabin.
In terms of fire safety, they had a dedicated night watchman, and I assume he did his job.
We were on the island at Cocoview Resort the week before, and we did many of the same sites with Aggressor that we had done with Cocoview. The DM-led ones with the Aggressor were done much better. (If you find my thread on my experience that week, you will see my frustration with the Cocoview dives.)
They put a DM in the water, sometimes two, on every dive. (They use yellow tanks.) At first pretty much everyone followed along, but my friends and I did not like the crowds, and we started going off on our own for most dives. By the last couple of days, most of the others were following us instead of the DM.
My wife is a snorkeler only, and they just had her stay in sight of the boat and have a big life vest attached for visibility. No problem.
The food was very good, and it was plentiful. They served wine with the evening meals, and there was no apparent limit. (Of course, no one tested that.)
The air conditioning was set at a very low temperature, even though several people asked if it could be warmer, especially since we were facing daily wind and rain. I could not get my core warm between dives, and I was too cold to do the last dives. They have a mini hot tub on the deck, and at times it seemed like the entire customer base was trying to get in to get warm.
The staff was generally very friendly, and we had a good time.
This was the last stages of Covid, and there was some confusion as to whether we needed to have a new Covid test in order to get on the boat. The Aggressor paperwork said we didn't. We were staying at the Cocoview Resort on the island, though, and they told us we absolutely did need it. They said all their guests who went onto the Aggressor had to have them. We sent an email to Aggressor headquarters, and they said we didn't need one. Cocoview insisted that it did not matter what the people in New York said--what mattered was what the people on the boat said, and they said it was not possible to reach the boat to ask. They said, though, that someone on their staff had a relative on the Aggressor staff, and he had just assured them the night before that a test was absolutely necessary. So we got (and paid for) a test from the Cocoview staff--better safe than sorry.
When we got on the boat, no test was required or even mentioned. When we told the Aggressor staff what had happened, they were furious. They said no one on the boat had been asked, no one had a relative working at Cocoview, and Cocoview had their cell phone number. They contacted Cocoview and got us a refund, so kudos for that.
I booked the Cayman Aggressor soon after the Conception and Red Sea Aggressor boat fires, and my wife and I paid extra for a room above decks for easy exit in case of emergency. The Roatan Aggressor does not have such a room, and we were instead put in what they said was their premier cabin--in the ship bow. That was a joke. It was the most uncomfortable cabin in design, and it bounced in any kind of wave action. It was the farthest from the exit. No refund on our extra payment for the Cayman premium cabin.
In terms of fire safety, they had a dedicated night watchman, and I assume he did his job.
Same here, except for a day in Utila. It rained every day our week, as it had the week before when we were land-based. Don't go that time of the year. Absolutely.
We were on the island at Cocoview Resort the week before, and we did many of the same sites with Aggressor that we had done with Cocoview. The DM-led ones with the Aggressor were done much better. (If you find my thread on my experience that week, you will see my frustration with the Cocoview dives.)
They put a DM in the water, sometimes two, on every dive. (They use yellow tanks.) At first pretty much everyone followed along, but my friends and I did not like the crowds, and we started going off on our own for most dives. By the last couple of days, most of the others were following us instead of the DM.
My wife is a snorkeler only, and they just had her stay in sight of the boat and have a big life vest attached for visibility. No problem.
The food was very good, and it was plentiful. They served wine with the evening meals, and there was no apparent limit. (Of course, no one tested that.)
The air conditioning was set at a very low temperature, even though several people asked if it could be warmer, especially since we were facing daily wind and rain. I could not get my core warm between dives, and I was too cold to do the last dives. They have a mini hot tub on the deck, and at times it seemed like the entire customer base was trying to get in to get warm.
The staff was generally very friendly, and we had a good time.
This was the last stages of Covid, and there was some confusion as to whether we needed to have a new Covid test in order to get on the boat. The Aggressor paperwork said we didn't. We were staying at the Cocoview Resort on the island, though, and they told us we absolutely did need it. They said all their guests who went onto the Aggressor had to have them. We sent an email to Aggressor headquarters, and they said we didn't need one. Cocoview insisted that it did not matter what the people in New York said--what mattered was what the people on the boat said, and they said it was not possible to reach the boat to ask. They said, though, that someone on their staff had a relative on the Aggressor staff, and he had just assured them the night before that a test was absolutely necessary. So we got (and paid for) a test from the Cocoview staff--better safe than sorry.
When we got on the boat, no test was required or even mentioned. When we told the Aggressor staff what had happened, they were furious. They said no one on the boat had been asked, no one had a relative working at Cocoview, and Cocoview had their cell phone number. They contacted Cocoview and got us a refund, so kudos for that.
