Our latest Aquanauts Adventure got us to the Galapagos again. We had a group of 5 Rebreather and 10 OC divers aboard the Deep Blue liveaboard. There is no ccr supporting liveaboard there, but all you need is available from Jorge Mahauad of Galapagos Rebreathers in Santa Cruz. He rents booster, oxygen, sofnolime, tanks and bailout. Normally the Liveaboards start in San Christobal,
but Deep Blue allowed a little change for us to leave from Santa Cruz. This way, we did not waste any time on the mainland in Guayaquil, but flew direct to Baltra/ Santa Cruz and organized some land tours. Especially North Seymour is highly recommended.
This is where we boarded the boat. The Deep Blue is very well run, good cabins, great food and most important a wonderful crew,
that makes the diving and the whole trip fun.
The downside of the Galapagos now is, that the Park regulates the diving to death. The southern dive sites that they assign now
are average and there are only 3 dives a day, 60 minutes permitted. Still, the diving in Wolf and Darwin is some of the "best" the world has to offer. It's the ocean on steroids. We choose the shoulder season again, just before the water get's cold and it worked out perfect.
We split the tenders between OC and CC divers, so we could get the bottom times we desired. Currents in Wolf and Darwin where always between 1 to 2 knots with a Pacific swell.
The marine life was outstanding, millions of creole fish covered the sites, making photography a challenge.
Large schools of Hammerheads everywhere, lot's of Galapagos sharks in Wolf, a roaming 12 ft Tiger shark in Darwin and at last a big pregnant Whaleshark in Wolf, that decided to park on top of the divers in the current. Not to forget the Mantas, Mobulas, Eaglerays, Turtles, Dolphins and hundreds of Silkie sharks that entertained us on our safety stops.
Many thanks to the crew of the Deep Blue for understanding us crazy rebreather divers and giving everybody such a great time.
We sure will do this again.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Aquanauts Grenada Rebreather dive trip to Galapagos
Our latest Aquanauts Adventure got us to the Galapagos again. We had a group of 5 Rebreather and 10 OC divers aboard the Deep Blue liveaboard. There is no ccr supporting liveaboard there, but all you need is available from Jorge Mahauad of Galapagos Rebreathers in Santa Cruz. He rents booster, oxygen, sofnolime, tanks and bailout. Normally the Liveaboards start in San Christobal,
but Deep Blue allowed a little change for us to leave from Santa Cruz. This way, we did not waste any time on the mainland in Guayaquil, but flew direct to Baltra/ Santa Cruz and organized some land tours. Especially North Seymour is highly recommended.
This is where we boarded the boat. The Deep Blue is very well run, good cabins, great food and most important a wonderful crew,
that makes the diving and the whole trip fun.
The downside of the Galapagos now is, that the Park regulates the diving to death. The southern dive sites that they assign now
are average and there are only 3 dives a day, 60 minutes permitted. Still, the diving in Wolf and Darwin is some of the "best" the world has to offer. It's the ocean on steroids. We choose the shoulder season again, just before the water get's cold and it worked out perfect.
We split the tenders between OC and CC divers, so we could get the bottom times we desired. Currents in Wolf and Darwin where always between 1 to 2 knots with a Pacific swell.
The marine life was outstanding, millions of creole fish covered the sites, making photography a challenge.
Large schools of Hammerheads everywhere, lot's of Galapagos sharks in Wolf, a roaming 12 ft Tiger shark in Darwin and at last a big pregnant Whaleshark in Wolf, that decided to park on top of the divers in the current. Not to forget the Mantas, Mobulas, Eaglerays, Turtles, Dolphins and hundreds of Silkie sharks that entertained us on our safety stops.
Many thanks to the crew of the Deep Blue for understanding us crazy rebreather divers and giving everybody such a great time.
We sure will do this again.
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