Whale Shark encounters at Darwin Island, Galapagos
September 2nd 2009 September 2, 2009
At dawn, we awake to the sound of rustling, grab some coffee and get in our SCUBA gear. We climb into the Ponga boat and set off toward Darwin’s Arch.
We roll off the ponga backward, hit the water and once the bubbles clear, 70 to 100 ft visibility opens before our eyes. Schools of tropical fish are weaving in and out of the rugged volcanic rocks that have deep crevasses, p
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