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El Aguila Wreck

Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras · 20–33m · advanced · semi

230ft cargo ship broken into three sections on sand at 33m off Sandy Bay, patrolled by huge green morays and groupers.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.5–1m
Wave period
3.9–4.6s
Wind chop
0–1m
Sea temp
29.7–30.6°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SundayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.4m effective waves.excellent

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

El Aguila is an advanced wreck dive in three sections on sand at 33 metres. Today's conditions are marginal due to short-period chop — the sea state is rough for the exposure here, though raw wave heights run 0.5–1m with periods of 3.9–4.6 seconds. Water temperature sits at 29.7–30.6°C. The wreck attracts large green morays and groupers; divers commonly log stoplight and striped parrotfish, Atlantic blue tangs, sergeant majors, Caribbean bluehead wrasses, and four-eyed butterflyffish, along with Caribbean spiny lobsters.

These conditions call for solid buoyancy control and a clear plan. The short-period chop will make the descent and ascent more work than flat days, so take your time and stay composed. Advanced certification is the minimum here.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

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Other sites nearby

Within 25km, closest first — usually the same day's boat.