Dive Review of
MV Reina Silvia in
Galapagos Islands/Ecuador

Indonesia, Spain, Cyprus, North Sea, Thailand

Dive Conditions

Not much.  You were free to dive your profile but most of us stuck
resonabley close to the guide for fear of missing out on something.  

[None]  

Overall Rating

I booked with Aguatic Encounters (aquatenctr@aol.com).  Marc B did an
excellent job at every stage making sure we were informed and ensuring each
stage of the trip was organized and fun.  The arrival was flawless even
though we had Hurricane Wilma to contend with in Miami.  The MV Reina
Silvia was a great boat and excellent platform from which to dive and
explore the islands, the crew was friendly and efficient and the food was
very good.  The boat was comfortable and clean with plenty of room.  The
beds were very good too with plenty of room to stretch my 6 ft body out. 
The weather was a mixed bag of clouds and sun with just a spot of mist. 
The diving was varied and excellent: some current but nothing raging.  We
saw sierra mackeral, sea lions, tropical fish, pacific mullet and endemic
nudibranches in the inner islands.  At Darwin Island we saw hammerheads in
the hundreds (the guide said thousands but I can't count that high, I had a
public education what can I say), galapagos sharks, black tip reef sharks,
rainbow runners, jack, huge schools of bonito, wahoo, yellow fin tuna,
turtles and dolphin.  I had 7 whale shark encounters in 2 1/2 days, the
photographers had a ball getting their shots.  We had such a good diving at
Darwin we didn't even bother with Wolf island.  All in all it was a perfect
trip.  I'd do it again in a second and wouldn't consdier another boat,
guide or organizer. 

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