L'un des trois principaux sites de plongée sur épave au large de la côte de Roatan, l'El Aguila mesure 75 mètres de long et est brisé en trois morceaux (grâce à l'ouragan Mitch en 1998) offrant une grande superficie et de nombreuses anfractuosités et recoins à explorer pour les plongeurs.
Spanish for ‘the Eagle,’ El Aguila is thought to have originally sunk off the coast of Utila while on course to Haiti from Puerto Cortes, carrying a shipment of concrete. After being underwater for many years, the ship was brought back up to the harbor by Rocky Jones of Utila, only to be dragged back onto the reef again by a storm, after which it was salvaged a second time and intentionally partially submerged to prevent further storm damage.
El Aguila is situated at 110′ deep and a short ride away from Sandy Bay. AKR purchased the ship while searching for a new wreck site for divers, as the common wooden-hulled wrecks of the time were starting to deteriorate and disappear. It took the team 5 weeks between purchasing, cleaning, towing, and finally sinking the ship in its current location in 1997.
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