Cabo Douglas
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Cabo Douglas, on Fernandina's black lava coast, exists on itineraries for one reason: it is the place to dive with feeding marine iguanas. In the late morning, when the reptiles have warmed enough to work, they swim down through the surge and clamp onto the rock, tearing at algae with sideways bites while exhaled salt streams behind them. Nothing else in diving looks remotely like it. Flightless cormorants rocket past chasing fish, sea lions patrol the edge of the action, and turtles graze the same pastures. It is a shallow, cold, surgy dive of modest technical interest and outsized wonder - the Galapagos distilled to a single scene.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: Marine iguanas grazing underwater, flightless cormorants hunting, sea lions in the surge
Topographie: Lava rock and algae-covered boulders in the shallows
Courant: Shallow and surgy rather than swept; timing follows the iguanas' feeding schedule, not the tide alone.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Cold water, surge against lava rock, shallow working depths near shore.
Conservation: Fernandina is among the most pristine islands on earth; park rules on distance and no contact are enforced absolutely.
Qui vous croiserez
Galápagos Sea Lion
Green Sea Turtle
Whitetip Reef Shark
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★★ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue