Punta Vicente Roca
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.
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.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: Mola cleaning stations, turtle aggregations, red-lipped batfish, penguins in the shallows
Topographie: Steep wall and boulder slope inside a collapsed caldera edge
Courant: Often sheltered, but the cold Cromwell upwelling makes its own weather - expect green water and thermoclines.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Cold - the coldest regularly dived water in the islands - plus limited visibility and boat traffic at the surface.
Conservation: Galapagos Marine Reserve; western itinerary sites are tightly scheduled by the park.
Qui vous croiserez
Galápagos Sea Lion
Green Sea Turtle
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
Seahorses
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★★★☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue