El Acuario (The Aquarium)

The Aquarium is where Malpelo shows off sheer biomass rather than any single species. Leather bass, grouper, and creole fish smother the terraces; jacks and snapper school so thickly over the boulders that the rock disappears and reappears with the current's pulse. Whitetips lie in ranks in every trench, morays thread between them, and the sanctuary's headline sharks - silkies and Galapagos sharks near the surface, hammerheads deeper - transit constantly because at Malpelo there is nowhere they do not transit. As the closest thing the island has to a gentle dive, it usually opens a trip, recalibrating what a diver considers a fishy site.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Overwhelming fish density, whitetips stacked in trenches, sharks in constant transit

التضاريس: Boulder terraces and rock faces alive with encrusting growth

التيار: Among the more sheltered corners of an unsheltered island; still expect flow and surge.

المخاطر: Surge near the rock, current at the exposed ends.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: Sanctuary rules apply; the no-take zone around Malpelo is among the largest in the eastern Pacific.

نيتروكس: يستحق هنا — تقع البروفايلات في النطاق الذي يمدّد فيه النيتروكس وقت التوقف اللاإلزامي بشكل ملموس (بشرط امتلاك التدريب اللازم لاستخدامه).