After suiting up, the group was divided into two groups each with a divemaster. We were loaded onto a dingy and taken to the dive site. This can be a bit rough especially in choppy seas, which was often the case. By the middle of the week, we had this mastered. Diving in the Galapagos is not for the beginner.
Strong currents prevail intermingled with surges and poor visibility.
The Galapagos is known for its pelagics. Often we strained to get a glimpse of a hammerhead, tortoise, or eagle ray. Animal life encountered were hammerheads, eagle rays, many white tip reef sharks ad nauseam, sea turtles, schools of king angels and unusually large puffers, frog fish and other species. Every dive featured two to five sea lions imitating our every move, playing with our snorkels, nibbling on our fingers and fins. In the Galapagos, everything is big and unafraid.