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.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: Overwhelming fish density, whitetips stacked in trenches, sharks in constant transit

Địa hình: Boulder terraces and rock faces alive with encrusting growth

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

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Surge near the rock, current at the exposed ends.

Bảo tồn: Sanctuary rules apply; the no-take zone around Malpelo is among the largest in the eastern Pacific.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).