This is really more of a photo gallery than a trip report. The Galapagos
are known for some of the best diving in the world. It is the best I have seen.
On this trip, I encountered my first hammerheads, galapagos sharks, sea lions,
batfish, penguins, manta rays, golden rays, and of the course the whale shark.
Darwin and Wolf are known as the best dive spots, but as far as I can tell
how could it be any better than the day trips right off of santa cruz. Make sure
to check out the underwater slideshow and videos to see more marine creatures.
I am going back in December 2006 so check back for more pictures and videos.
Before you decide to go, diving in the Galapagos is not for everyone.
The water is cold, the currents are strong and unpredictable
(much stronger than Cozumel), the boat rides are long, and the visibility is not
great. But then of course you can't dive with the creatures listed above in the
caribbean. This is why Galapagos diving is better.
Now the pictures:
Darwins Arch in outside of the Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz.
The island of floreana from the dive boat. Site of the best diving.
Picture of a picture in the Darwin's Research Center. I wish I had seen this in the water.
School of Fish - North Seymore
Marine Iguana - I was snorkeling with this guy for a while. Marine
iguana are unique to the Galapagos.
Another school of fish.
Napoleon Fish
City of Quito, Ecuador
More fish
Scorpion Fish
Sea Cucumber - looks like a dog toy
Sea Lion cruises past my camera.
And then returns
Now she is just showing off
Another sea lion
Sea lion poses for a picture
Sea Lions in the Galapagos are very friendly.
And graceful
Sea Robin
Looks like a sea urchin
Blue star fish
A sting Ray
I am not sure what this is.
Cactus in the Darwin research center.
Giant Land tortoise in the Darwin research center
Galapagos Shark poses for a picture
Another galapagos shark
Galapagos shark swimming away.
Galapogos shark poses for picture again
Giant land tortoise
Golden land iguana - in Darwin's research center.
These are very rare.
Hamerhead sharks rarely allowed me to approach for a picture.
But this one did.
White tip sharks are more curious.
another white tip
Moray Eel
Batfish (red lipped) this thing looks just like a bat
and it can barely swim. But it is cool.
another eel
different angle of eel
Galapagos penguins are small. These two are
happy on this rock.
galapagos shark again - they are everywhere
I did not see many turtles. This one showed up 1 minute
after the whale shark left.
Land tortoises in Darwin's Station
Golden Land Iguana
Manta Rays are common in the galapagos.
This one was attracted to my camera's strobe and
it stayed with us for the entire dive. This was at Daphne Minor.
Marine iguana warms up on a rock
The best part of my trip. A 40 foot whale shark showed
up at Floreana. I have dove everywhere looking for one of these
and have never seen one until I took these pictures.
side view of whale shark
closer view of spots
whale shark's mouth
Pictures From the Galapagos-> Stuff Charles Darwin never Saw
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