Punta Vicente Roca
La profundidad indica el rango desde la parte superior del punto hasta su máximo habitual; la "certificación recomendada" es el nivel que los operadores suelen exigir según las principales agencias, no una norma legal. Las corrientes y la visibilidad cambian a diario — considera todo esto como rangos de planificación.
On the northwest shoulder of Isabela, where the Cromwell Current slams nutrient-rich water into the island, Punta Vicente Roca is the cold, strange heart of a western itinerary. Mola mola rise from the depths to cleaning stations along the wall, hanging tilted while barberfish work them over. Green turtles pile up here in remarkable numbers, resting on ledges in the murk. The wall itself crawls with life better suited to Peru than the equator - and the celebrated oddballs of the west, red-lipped batfish and Pacific seahorses, hide on the slope for divers patient enough to search 14 C water. Penguins and flightless cormorants hunt the shallows overhead.
El momento por el que vienes: Mola cleaning stations, turtle aggregations, red-lipped batfish, penguins in the shallows
Topografía: Steep wall and boulder slope inside a collapsed caldera edge
Corriente: Often sheltered, but the cold Cromwell upwelling makes its own weather - expect green water and thermoclines.
Lo que debes saber antes de tirarte al agua
Riesgos: Cold - the coldest regularly dived water in the islands - plus limited visibility and boat traffic at the surface.
Conservación: Galapagos Marine Reserve; western itinerary sites are tightly scheduled by the park.
A quién encontrarás
Galápagos Sea Lion
Green Sea Turtle
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
Seahorses
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