The El Aguila wreck is broken into three sections
El Aguila bow section, Eddy modelling
UKDIVING
Eddy poses in the porthole
Anthony’ s Key Resort to be sunk as a new wreck site on the North side of Roatán. It took the team five weeks to purchase, clean, tow, and finally lay the ship in its current location. Then finally in 1998 Hurricane Mitch broke the sunken vessel into three separate pieces. This vessel has been through the wars! And Eddy’ s tip? If you swim to the middle section, there’ s a jutting piece of metal that has a port hole perfectly positioned to line up a cheeky face peering through for a photo. Eddy and I take turns posing through the coral encrusted hole. His underwater chuckle is the best one!
Sharks and seahorses
Heavy metal is fun, but I’ m all about the animals. My standout, heart-rate-rising dive was the dynamic theatrical show at Cara a Cara. Once settled on the sandy bed in a coral encrusted garden, 14 Caribbean Reef Sharks encircle us, gathering like trained puppies. Beside me, dive guide Willie Waterhouse grunts loudly while gesturing to a specific shark. On its underside, a pair of external appendages called claspers indicated a male- a rare sighting in this toothy school. After 20 minutes of close passes, these 2m-long sharks disperse and our adrenaline begins to stabilise. A quick
Caribbean reef shark
Perfect seahorse eye contact
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