We made the 5 hour passage from San Christobal to Santa Cruz
on Saturday morning. After arriving in
Academy Bay, we take a stroll around the town and we happen to find ourselves
in a dive shop run by two lovely ladies, one from the US, one from Australia –
both speaking English! After a brief chat we find out that they are diving Gordon
Rock on Sunday and it didn’t take much to convince me to sign up. Gordon Rocks are renowned as one of the best dive sites in the Galapagos, particularly if you want to swim with hammerhead sharks.
After paying for the trip I am told that we need to meet at
the shop at 6am! This time has not existed on my watch for at least a year. I
was a bit taken a back and shocked I might have to actually set an alarm.
Arriving on time (thanks alarm) we drove across the island
to the dive boat, then took the 15-minute ride out to the rocks. Wasting no time we were in the water sitting
on the ledge waiting for the show to begin.
The dives are considered ‘advanced dives’ because once the sharks arrive, you are hanging mid-water (about 15 metres) with no reference and dropping to 25 metres to meet them.
These photos don’t do the hammerheads justice. They have very broad, muscular shoulders rather than being streamlined like most of the sharks I’ve seen.
It was just awesome.
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