For those who would rather not snorkel, this is an excellent beach area with some rocky tidal pools to explore. White-tipped Reef Sharks are fairly innocuous and usually won't bother you unless you bother them. After awhile of snorkeling in Galapagos and seeing a variety of sharks you learn that, at least in Galapagos, they are not the killers they have been made out to be. This is one of my favorite spots for snorkeling. You will probably see the Galapagos Penguin somewhere in the shade along the base of the pinnacle or flying by you in the water.
Penguins use their wings as flippers and really look like they fly through the water.
Yes, there are penguins on the Equator. This penguin is endemic to Galapagos and the most northerly penguin in the world. In Galapagos it is found primarily in areas of cold water upwellings where the birds may also find good shelter from the intense equatorial sun. The total population consists of only a few thousand birds. It is not common to see Orcas in Galapagos.