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Diving Galapagos (Ecuador)The Galapagos islands are located 970 km west of Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean. The water is cold: you will need a 5-7 mm wetsuit with hood and gloves, or a drysuit. The best time to see whale sharks is from May to November, especially in the northern islands. Hammerheads may be seen all year round. Galapagos Diving • Galapagos Dive Operators • Reading and Watching • Your Comments See Issue 90 of SCUBA News for an article on diving and travel in Ecuador and the Galapagos.
The Diving"How can GALAPAGOS not be in the top 10???(http://www.scubaravel.co.uk/topdives.html) I think many of the sites you mention are wonderful... but Galapagos definitely beats many of them :)"
"The most amazing sea life encountered with whale sharks, huge schools of hammerheads, galapagos sharks, silk sharks, turtles etc." "A five star dive"
"Visibility over 24 m (80 ft). Moderate currents. Hammerheads, Galapagos blacktip, pod of dolphins, eagle rays and creoles. Several curious sharks came with in a meter of my camera. Prolific fish population. The week before six whale sharks were seen at this site." "There is so many to see, that it's overwelming. Don't go there for the coral. This is THE place for the big pelagics. We saw several schools with more than 100 hammerheads, lots of beautiful galapagos sharks, tuna, barracuda's, turtles, eagle rays, lots more and nine whale sharks in two days of diving. "dolphins, hammerheads, whalesharks...."
"Isolated island in Pacific, rocky wall. Hundreds hammerheads plus whale shark, many eagle rays, golden cowray, mobula, galapogos shark, oceanic whitetip, silky shark etc etc." "Truly amazing, dropping down to 24 metres through a school over some 500-600 hammerheads tonns of Galapagos Sharks, and on our ascent, more than 1000 dolphins, that found us just as interesting as we found them..... the Dive of an hour turned into another 2 hours of snorkelling." "So may dolphins, hammerheads, eagle rays.... so little time." "sharks everywhere, I can't imagine anything being better than this"
"I call this dive the amphitheater. Visibility over 80 ft (25 m). Fantastic dive. Strong currents. 4-6ft swells with consistent surge. We dropped to rocks and held on tight to watch the show. Hundreds of hammerheads, black tip, white tip, silky and Galapagos sharks. Large schools of eagle rays floating in the currents. Huge morays were abundant through out the rocky structure. Saw 5 green turtles. "
"Great all round dive sites on the north side for both beginners and advanced divers"
"A huge rock, depth aprox. 30m. plenty with rays, turtles and always huge schools with hammerhead sharks." "Drop down to 110 feet on white sand bottom and enjoy 20+ hammerhead sharks 10-20 feet long, awesome!!!" "Millions of tropical fish, endemic species, schools of eagle rays (golden and spotted) and most of all HUGE SCHOOLS OF HAMMER HEADS!!!"
"Tonnes to see and good for mixed level of divers"
"Visibility over 15 meters. Very little current, sea life included: 2 green turtles, 2 white tipped sharks, one Marble Ray, a bull sea lion and a Mola Mola (sunfish). The topography was a rocky ledge. "
"Visibility 60-80 ft. Moderate currents. Saw several dolphins and more sharks."
"The only wreck dive in Galapagos and Kicker Rock is an explosion of color."
"Drop down to only 60 feet and lay back on ledge to see schools of hammerhead sharks, schools of manta rays (Cow and Spotted) and sea horses; awesome!!! "
"White tip sharks, Black tip sharks, Galapagos Sharks, Reef Sharks (Tintoreras), heaps of tropical fish, gigantic sea turtles, rays and sea lions that are very friendly and playful!!!" Galapagos Dive OperatorsRecommend a dive operator or list your diving company on this page.
"Our unique Galapagos land based diving programs offer something so much more than just a cruise or live-aboard. Red Mangrove Galapagos Lodges is proud to offer island hopping, land-based diving adventure programs. You will have the opportunity to dive 2, 3 or all 4 islands depending on the packages and experience all that Galapagos has to offer on land and underwater.
E-mail: galapagos@aggressor.com "A first class operation and one of two operators who have permits for land and dive excursions"
"With accommodation on M/S Alta - beautiful schooner, this is a luxurious cruise and you are treated very well. I didn't want to go back home. The best!" AccommodationFor hotels see the Agoda site... Reading and WatchingBuy from UK... (see below for USA)
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