{"id":472,"date":"2015-11-18T02:26:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T02:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/dive-blog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:47:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:47:48","slug":"3-must-visit-galapagos-dive-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/3-must-visit-galapagos-dive-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"3 must-visit Galapagos dive sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/resorts\/ecuador-galapagos\/galapagos-islands\">Galapagos<\/a> is the second largest marine reserve in the world, home to\u00a0an undersea environment fuelled by both cold and warm currents.<\/p>\n<p>Natural diversity is everywhere; to find it under the waves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/liveaboards\/itineraries\/ecuador-galapagos\/ecu\">you\u2019ll need a liveaboard and a captain<\/a> who knows these waters well. To help you find your way, here are 3 sites that should be on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/resorts\/ecuador-galapagos\/galapagos-islands\">Galapagos Diving holiday itinerary<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Darwin\u2019s Arch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standing proud from the rich waters around Darwin Island is Darwin\u2019s Arch. This natural rock arch was once part of the island and the waters around it should always be on your must-dive list.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because it\u2019s the best spot to see the headline ocean dwellers such as Hammerheads and Whale Sharks. It\u2019s not a reef dive; still you\u2019ll be far too busy watching the passing predators to worry about this. Keep your eyes peeled for Galapagos Sharks \u2013 identified by a ridge that runs between their dorsal fins &#8211; and Tiger Sharks. Turtles love these rich waters and you\u2019ll see plenty of them diving here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wolf Island<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Named after another naturalist who visited the islands, Theodor Wolf, Wolf Island is another dive-only destination. There are drift dives, cave dives as well as pinnacle and wall dives to try.<\/p>\n<p>Again it\u2019s prime waters for big predators with huge schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks ever present. Schools of rays, tuna and turtles are everywhere. It\u2019s 150 miles from central Galapagos and some of the dive sites around the island are best suited for more advanced divers due to the strong currents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tijeretas Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One for the beginners. That said, even if you\u2019ve dived other sites in the Galapagos you\u2019ll not be disappointed. It\u2019s a wall dive off San Cristobal Island, and it\u2019s highly likely you\u2019ll be joined in this adventure by a Sea Lion or two. On offer here are giant schools of fish, Galapagos garden eels, rays and green sea turtles.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve dived Galapagos and can recommend a dive spot, share it with us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sharing your best scuba diving photos on Instagram \u2013 just tag them with <strong>#idiveplanet<\/strong> to be featured!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Galapagos is the second largest marine reserve in the world, home to\u00a0an undersea environment fuelled by both cold&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[183,118],"tags":[241,239,240,243,242],"class_list":{"0":"post-472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-galapagos","8":"category-liveaboard","9":"tag-darwins-arch","10":"tag-galapagos","11":"tag-natural-diversity","12":"tag-tijeretas-hill","13":"tag-wolf-island","14":"cs-entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}