Snorkeling in the Galapagos

Galapagos nature reserve, world wide know for the animals who live here, if you ever come here a snorkel tour is a "must do", not cheap, but worth the money. We went with a little company "tranquilodivers" close to the landing pier here in puerto Barquerizo, San Cristobal, we were happy we went with them, they give just that little more service. A day I will never forget in my live. Our underwater camera give it up a few weeks ago, but Karsten and Anders let me use their photo's and video's to make this report, thank you friends. Enjoy this day with us.



these fishes are very common and you see them everywhere.





a big ray, has a short tail, resting, partly under a rock.


Surgeon fish, they are much bigger here in the pacific, then in the Carribbean.


I have never seen this fish somewhere els, blue reflecting eyes, and a yellow mouth.


a small ray on the bottom.


This big fish looks good to eat.


A seal playing around us.


The seal is curious about our guide.


Marine turtle swimming by.


Marine Iguana under water.



Iguana eating under water, look at the video, on the bottom of this report.


photo made very close.


He is getting a bit nervous and swims away.


Iguana's warming in the sun.









Going to our next place to snorkel, Anders (with sunglases) in the middle.


The beauty and the beast.


The gap between the rocks is our next snorkel spot.


seaguls sitting on their spot on the rock, called "Leon dormido" sleeping lion.


Blue footed booby on the rock.


Snorkeling in the gap between the rocks.


This is the place to be, sharks everywere.


they move so beautifull in the water.





and also more turtles.


spotted eagle ray.


here a group of spotted eagle ray's.


look at the spots how beautifull.



Cold but happy, we go to the beach to eat,


Seals resting in the sun.


This one found a very relaxing spot.


Captain Cristobal, born on the island San Cristobal.


Karsten from s/y Forty two, and the helper of Cristobal.


On our way back, surfers waiting for the good wave.


Four blue footed booby's.




Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.


Sunset in San Cristobal.

Video of eating iguana.

Sailing from Costa Rica to The Galapagos

Hi friends and visitors of our blog, This report is a 15 day sail from Costa Rica to the Galapagos, I had estimated we would do this in 7 to 10 days, but neptune decided different. we had little to no wind, sometimes we sailed for two days, then we drifted for two days. In total we used the engine about 24 hours, 18 hours at the end, to arrive at our destination. It was an easy passage, the sea was always calm, we made 848 miles. Spirits were always good on board, we enjoyed this sailing a lot, we have seen things on this trip, we would not have seen, if we had wind al the time, and sailed hard. Unbelievable how much live there is in the ocean, I cold see "things" some kind of tiny spiders, running over the water, how can they live here?, In the morning we saw tiny blue spots in the sea, I catched one with a bucket, so small you could not see it, unless it was schining blue. Do not think we had a boring passage, because we had no wind, no it was a nice experience this passage. regards, Glenda and Eddy Sunset in Puerto Jiminez, the last sunset we will see in Costa Rica A cormorant comes by in the morning, he has some problems steadying himself. This cormorant was not afraid of us. Sunrise. No wind, and we were right in the shipping line, from the ships that come and go to Panama, this one came close. We saw a bird sitting on "something", we drifted for hours togheter, then we saw he was sitting on a turtle. Here they have a discussion, the turtle say's,"get of my back you moron" the bird answers "you keep on floating", they stay for hours togheter, strange is that the turtle did not dive. This big fish, around 2 meter was playing around, I think its a marlin, later we were sailing and I catched one, when he was aside the boat he got free again. These big tuna fishing boats are all around, we saw two of them in action, they have helicopter, to help them find the fish, they fish the sea empty. here the helicopter, at night the chopper stands on the fishing boat. Glenda enjoying the last sunshine of the day. Here 3 dorades are playing around the boat. Glenda starts playing with the lure, I say "you never catch one" she answers "I am positive and have faith" unbelievable, she hooks twice a dorade, but after a few minutes of fighting they got free, a pity, because dorade is a delicious eating fish. A turtle comes by to greet us. She has something growing on her back. A windless sunrise, its such a strange experience, see the video Glenda made, to experience this better with us. Somethimes we can use the light wind sail, genaker, but the wind has to come from the side or from the back. A meeting of seabirds on a windless day. Here we drift over the ecuator, luckely we have the current al the time with us, here 0.9 knots After 12 days at sea my first catch, a nice tuna, food for day's This whale passed by close to the back of the boat, I estimate the lengt about 5-6 meters, I don't know what the scratches are on his body. Sunrise and the land of Galapagos, san Cristobal Island, the last 18 hours we used the engine, otherwise we were still drifting. Glenda made this beautifull photo of the sunrise with the dolphins. Plenty of dolphins to welcome us to the Galapagos. Strange shaped rock, it is called "lion dormido" sleeping lion. Other side of the rock. Birds to welcome us. Bird Piquero Enmascarado sitting on the water.