Dive Review of
Peter Hughes-Sky Dancer/Sky Dancer in
Galapagos Islands

Ontario, Cozumel, Bahamas, Grand Turk, Costa Rica

Dive Conditions

500 psi or 1 hour  

[None]  

Overall Rating

Overall the Galapagos is a great dive location.  The diving in the cental
islands was good with encounters with sea lions, Manta and Mobula rays,
eagle rays and some white tip reef sharks.  The water however can be quite
cold with temperatures between 63 and 68 degrees.  This is not a problem as
long as you are prepared for it.

We spent the first two days in the central islands and then headed to Wolf
and Darwin Islands about 17 hours to the north.  We did a total of 12 dives
over three days in the northern Islands.  The diving at these two islands
is incredible.  At Wolf we saw groups of Hammerhead sharks, Galapagos
sharks, eagle rays, dolphins and lots of free swimming Moray eels.  The
currents at Wolf were very strong and the dives consisted of heading down
to the rocks and holding on while watching the sea life swim by. The water
at the northern islands ranged between 75 and 77 degrees.  After Wolf we
moved to Darwin Island and the diving was even better there.  All the
diving takes place at one site and we did a total of 6 dives here.  The
dive routine was to head down to rocks and watch the wildlife go by and
then head out into the blue if the action slowed down on the wall.  We saw
schools of hammerheads, a few galapagos sharks, silky sharks, dolphins,
turltles, 4 whale sharks and my personal favourite a Tiger shark. The
currents here were not as strong as at Wolf but were still moderately
strong. 

I had no problems with the boat, everyhting was clean and seemed to work
fine.  The crew was great and always ready to help with such things as
helping you into the pangas and helping take off your wetsuit.  There was
always a snack of some kind after the dives as well as a warm shower and
towels.  The food was good, however I ate lightly most of the time due to
mild sea sickness during transit to and from the different islands. The
land tours were also good and a nice change of pace from all the diving.

I would recommend that you learn a little spanish before you come here as
alot of the crew only spoke Spanish.  The dive masters and the boat captain
all spoke good Engilsh.  As well in Quito almost nobody spoke english and
again knowing some Spanish would have been helpful.


 

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