This year I had the wonderful opportunity to dive in the Galapagos Islands.
We were on an Aggressor fleet liveaboard for the week, plus we did
land tours. The diving is advanced, with many different currents and surge to reckon with.
Almost all the dives are drift dives, which you do from a rubber zodiac. There are 5 currents which
affect the islands, and some of them are extremely strong. The upwells and downwells attract the
pelagics and make the diving electric. The first night we cruised up to Darwin Island and dove there
and at Wolf Island for three days. The water was a little warmer up there, but the currents are the
strongest. Our reward for the strenuous finning was seeing wonderful critters. We dove with dolphins
that were passing by, turtles,and Galapagos and scalloped Hammerhead sharks. When we settled into the
rocks waiting for the big animals to go by, we saw nudibranchs, seahorses and frogfish. Surface intervals
were a treat. We did land tours on the different islands. We saw families of sea lions swimming
and sleeping on the rocks, blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, land and marine iguanas. The animals
are so protected that they literally are in your way as you walk the trail. They have no fear of
humans. We snorkeled with penguins and we spent a day at Isabela Island touring the Charles Darwin
Reseach Station, where we saw the giant tortoises. They are truly amazing. I felt as if I spent a week in
a National Geographic documentary. It was a very exciting and special trip.
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