Galapagos Adventure
These are photos of both land and diving sites in the Galapagos. We were aboard the Galapagos Aggressor I with Wayne Hasson, one of the company’s owners. (Unfortunately Wayne passed away a few years after these photos were taken.) The land tours were exciting as was all of the diving. The encounters with whale sharks were incredible.
On my first feet first descent at one site where they had been spotted I hit “bottom” with my fins. I was a bit thrown off because I was only at 35 feet and I thought the water was much deeper. Then I looked down. I was standing, literally, on the back of one of these gentle giants.
On another occasion I was hanging at my 15 foot safety stop when I felt I was being watched. I turned to my right and there was a “small” whale shark (she was about 15 feet long) just hanging out with me. I ran out of air just hanging with her. The photos of our encounters with other Sharks and Rays are on my cover page.
A blue footed Boobie defends her chick. These birds nest right on the ground as you can see.
And the reason the Boobie is on defense is because the Frigate birds will steal their chicks.
Seals also nest right on the rocks and seem to have no fear of people.
He might look fierce, but he is not very big - about 6 feet long.
This is one of the few species of penguins found in the Galapagos. We were allowed to snorkel, but not scuba with them.
As I said, there were snacks after every dive. And warm water showers too.
We were fortunate to see this rock formation "Darwin's Arch" It has since collapsed
Hammer Heads are a common site.
An Aggressor tradition, the whole boat load of divers poses for a group photo. Wayne Hasson is at the far right.