Española Island
Ever since I was a child growing up in this enchanted place, I have been in the water like a sea lion. I was three years old when I started to swim and by the age of six one of my hobbies was snorkeling and free diving without a mask. This is why I became so amazed with the richness of the under water life of the islands.
Today I took the ship’s digital video camera and underwater housing with me during the snorkeling session at Turtle Rock. All of a sudden, I saw out of the corner of my eye some motion on the sandy bottom, so I decided to dive down and check it out. At first I could see only sand, then to my surprise something scuttled off, shaking the sand covering off of its body. It turned out to be one of the most difficult species of fish to see, the stone scorpion fish, master of camouflage.
This was just one of the many wonders that I caught on film during this outing, as we also saw a zebra moray eel, a tiger snake eel, a spotted eagle ray and hundreds of different species of tropical fish. This was a reflection of the zoogeographical affinities that gave rise to the rich biodiversity of the Galapagos marine fauna, which is not only extremely rich but has the world’s highest rate of endemism (found nowhere else) in fish. All this makes every snorkeling outing an unforgettable experience.
Ever since I was a child growing up in this enchanted place, I have been in the water like a sea lion. I was three years old when I started to swim and by the age of six one of my hobbies was snorkeling and free diving without a mask. This is why I became so amazed with the richness of the under water life of the islands.
Today I took the ship’s digital video camera and underwater housing with me during the snorkeling session at Turtle Rock. All of a sudden, I saw out of the corner of my eye some motion on the sandy bottom, so I decided to dive down and check it out. At first I could see only sand, then to my surprise something scuttled off, shaking the sand covering off of its body. It turned out to be one of the most difficult species of fish to see, the stone scorpion fish, master of camouflage.
This was just one of the many wonders that I caught on film during this outing, as we also saw a zebra moray eel, a tiger snake eel, a spotted eagle ray and hundreds of different species of tropical fish. This was a reflection of the zoogeographical affinities that gave rise to the rich biodiversity of the Galapagos marine fauna, which is not only extremely rich but has the world’s highest rate of endemism (found nowhere else) in fish. All this makes every snorkeling outing an unforgettable experience.
