Monthly Archives: March 2020

Galapagos Master – Deep Blue

The bucket list holiday was two years in the planning and the people and the diving really lived up and to be honest exceeded expectations. Diving with animals that showed no sign of fear and initiated engagement and interactions with … Continue reading

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The Escape Room

We arrived in WIFI land to find that we had moved into a new dimension and an escape room the size of the world. The timer started, we had to get off the Galapagos Islands within 24 hours as they … Continue reading

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Day ten – Santiago

The briefing for the day consisted of two votes, one long dive or two short ones as we had to be away from the dive site by 9am as the day boat would start to arrive, the vote went to … Continue reading

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Day Nine Isabella – Marshall Cape

Back in the Southern hemisphere and on the sheltered side of the island, so back into the summer and more importantly warm waters! Three dives along a wall where Mantas visit to be cleaned, a nice steady drift dive. We … Continue reading

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Day eight Isabella – Pta. Vicente Roca

What an arrival, before tea on day seven we arrived at the anchorage we were spending the night as we slowed we were met by sea lions, mola, manta and turtles I only hope this welcome is not our only … Continue reading

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Day seven – Fernandina

The day I guided the dive!!!! Our dive guide was struck down by the same bug most of us have suffered from and I was asked to lead the Sharks! Tick GALAPAGOS GUIDE in the dive C.V. Bloody hell that … Continue reading

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Day five and six Wolf Island

After the Iconic Darwin’s Arch we sailed to Wolf Island, I was reluctant to leave the hammers behind. I have dived with hammerheads before but never in the numbers we had at the Arch, to be really honest the Red … Continue reading

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Darwin’s Arch

We arrived at 6am after steaming all night from Baltra Island. This is why I came, after watching all of the documentaries, I can now see the Arch for myself. Short video of our fist trip to the Arch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei7G1b0lNFMContinue reading

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Day two Baltra Island

After a night steam in the morning we arrived at the site we were to spend the first day a sheltered area between Seymour Island and Baltra Island and we were spend a couple of hours on an small sandy … Continue reading

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San Cristobal Island

We took the Hotel limousine service to the airport, not as luxurious as it sounds we were in two SUV’s of unknown origin. Dave the driver told us it would take 45 to 60 minutes, imagine our surprise and colour … Continue reading

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