Our first trip to the Galapagos was in 1993, we were back in 2000 and our latest in

2010.  Much has changed, no more night dives allowed, land tours curtailed, islands

we dove in before now off limits. But the northern islands, Wolf and Darwin still came

through with the schooling hammerheads. Besides being very difficult to get to, the

diving  and photography in Galapagos are accompanied with strong currents and

"challenging" water conditions featuring highly variable visibility and temperatures.

A calm, blue clear water morning can be replaced with colder, greener, rougher water

in the afternoon.  A hallmark of Galapagos is that you get to see BIG stuff. Big fish, big

schools--it's exciting diving and easy to overlook the small crittery subjects like

Barnacle Blennies and the wonderfully weird Redlipped Batfish hopping along the

bottom.

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