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Day 1- Arrival and check in at Hotel,
the afternoon is a good opportunity to visit the Charles
Darwin Research Station visitor center, with its educational
displays and giant tortoise breeding center. Later,
prepare scuba gear for the next day's dive, dinner.
Day 2- Breakfast, two check out dives
at Academy Bay (This is the bay of Puerto Ayora at
Santa Cruz Island, offering 5 dive sites within 10
or 20 minutes by boat from our Dive Center . Three
of the sites are generally calm with little current;
ideal for students or novices. At the other two sites
the dives could be a little more complicated if there
is current, so they are suitable for intermediate
or expert divers. It is possible to see reef fish,
sea lions, sting rays, golden rays, eagle rays, invertebrates,
morays, garden eels, turtles, marine iguanas, and
white tip reef sharks), lunch at the Hotel, shopping,
dinner.
Day 3- Breakfast, two dives at Santa
Fe island (This island is about an hour away from
our Dive Center, and offers 4 dive sites. Generally
the waters are clear and the currents
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mild, so they are ideal for novices.
At the same time, the animals and topography make
them interesting for intermediates and experts. We
can see reef fish; sting and eagle rays, garden eels,
turtles, sea lion colony, invertebrates, morays, pelagic
fish, maybe white tip reef sharks or hammerheads),
lunch on board, return to the Hotel, dinner.
Day 4- Breakfast, two dives at Floreana island (Floreana
is about 90 minutes south from our Dive Center. The
9 dive sites usually have calm water but when we find
strong current at one we can quickly move to another.
This makes Floreana ideal for all levels of divers.
You may see coral heads, endemic black coral, reef
fish; sting and eagle rays, turtles, sea lion colony,
barracudas, pelagic fish, white tip reef sharks, galápagos
sharks, hammerhead sharks, sea horses, morays, garden
eels, invertebrates), lunch on board, return to the
Hotel, dinner.
Day 5- Breakfast, two dives at North
Seymour island (This island is about 90 minutes north
of our Dive Center. There are 5 dive sites suitable
for all levels of divers, although sometimes the currents
can be strong. We can see reef fish; sting and eagle
rays, a large garden eel colony, turtles, invertebrates,
sea lion colony, morays, pelagic fish, and usually
white tip reef sharks and hammerheads. Occasionally
the galápagos sharks), lunch on board, return
to the Hotel, dinner.
Day 6- Breakfast, two dives at Nameless
Island (This is an isolated offshore "sugarloaf"
with vertical walls all around. The distance from
our Dive Center is about one hour. The main dive site
is a shelf of boulders at about 60 feet. We usually
see many galápagos sharks here, some schools
of pelagic fish, and multicolored sponges on the rock
wall. Currents and surge are the controlling factors
at Nameless Island), lunch on board, return to the
Hotel, dinner.
Day 7- Breakfast, two dives at Gordon
Rocks (Dive Center. There are 5 dive sites in the
area, but only the three at Plazas are for novices.
The other two sites are for intermediates and experts
because there can be strong currents and surge. The
Gordon Rocks dive sites are mostly walls with a deep
bottom. Reef fish, large pelagic fish; golden, sting
and eagle rays, turtles, sea lion colony, endemic
galapágos fur seals, morays, invertebrates;
white tip and galápagos sharks. Hammerhead
sharks are the main attraction, often appearing in
large schools), lunch on board, return to the Hotel,
dinner.
Day 8- Breakfast, Baltra Airport.
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