8-9 years ago San Benedicto was heavily netted and took out almost the whole population of Galapagos sharks. At that time, we were helping to get some illegal fishing boats documented and reported to be followed up. The presence of the dive boats has definitely been pushing out poachers from this area.
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The “Shark group” (3 gentleman of 50+ plus years) joined us and also saw schools of Hammerheads twice! They were so happy, like kids under the water.
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There was also a hammerhead in the deeper waters but honestly we were quite preoccupied with the two mantas on top! Such a magnificent morning.
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We have seen all the good stuff including mantas, sharks, and finally dolphins. This adventure has been very calm and beautiful.
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Playful dolphins for the entire dive, and a couple of chevron mantas slowly getting cleaned by clarions were spotted close to the rock. Even a whale shark, swam from the depth to the shallowest area of the Boiler.
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Today was my best diving ever! It was a return trip to San Benedicto, but on a new dive site “The Boiler.”
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Schools of Galapagos sharks, Juvenile Whale shark being pursued by Galapagos sharks, Big school of hammers, silkies, silvertips, various species hunting balls of fish, big healthy schools of trevallies, many many shelves of whitetip sharks resting together, a healthy thriving system. I had to ask my self was this the way the ocean used to […]
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