immediate proposal was to try and dive with them , but we were anchored in a three-knot current . Instead , we went to Darwin ’ s Arch , an iconic feature situated atop an outlying pinnacle .
Careful dive planning is essential here , as the site has a treacherous shallow area with swirling eddies and crashing waves . Sticking to the brief , we carried out several successful dives and enjoyed encounters with more hammerheads , schools of tuna and jackfish , some big green turtles , bottlenose dolphins and untold thousands of creole fish . The sheer density of life here is almost beyond compare . g
RAbove : Fan corals at Cousins ' s Rock
QLeft : Galapagos penguins resting
SBelow : Bannerfish cleaning a
hammerhead at Wolf Island
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