We also snorkelled in the caldera of Genovesa island and saw several new things. Including some big things further down in the post. Now that the water was warmer (26C) Kerri would free dive down more often.
We saw a golden guiniafowl pufferfish.
He looked funny.
The long fish may be a trumpetfish.
There were several types of fish we hadn’t see before. I think this is a school of fish that are actually caught for food.
This was another fish we hadn’t seen previously.
But more importantly, we also saw some hammerhead sharks.
There was a big one and two smaller ones.
They swam past us a couple times sometimes shallower and sometimes deeper.
They were really cool to watch, even though they weren’t around for very long.
The guide mentioned that they sometimes are found in this area as they get cleaned here.
They are far more common to see on the North islands (Wolf and Darwin) but you only go up there to dive. It was really cool to see another type of shark on this trip and on the very last day too.
Nice ending to the Galapagos leg of the trip. The long fish is a cornetfish (distant relative of trumpetfish and seahorses). The next two are a jack and grouper, respectively, but not ones I know from further West in the Pacific.
Absolutely amazing sightings. You guys are incredibly lucky – thank you so much for sharing 🙂