Gordon Rocks, Galapagos

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Gordon Rocks, Galapagos

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Near to the Santa Cruz Island and also known as the “washing machine”, you find the Gordon Rocks. Due to currents and upwellings, this dive site is suitable for advanced divers. On this site you will see hammerhead sharks and the famous oceanic sunfish (mola mola).

You can also find white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, giant sea turtles, sting rays, eagle rays, mobula rays, panamic green morays, barracudas, Galapagos eels and various reef fish

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

AdobeStock/G Russel Childress

Great Hammerhead Shark
838 Sightings
J
71
F
77
M
73
A
54
M
79
J
70
J
79
A
79
S
64
O
62
N
60
D
70
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography

Green Turtle
806 Sightings
J
74
F
70
M
81
A
65
M
90
J
61
J
74
A
62
S
60
O
41
N
58
D
70

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 25

iStock/Juliosanjuan

Eagle Ray
615 Sightings
J
63
F
62
M
72
A
52
M
46
J
35
J
56
A
40
S
47
O
35
N
52
D
55
Alamy-Christian Zappel

Scalloped Hammerhead
218 Sightings
J
29
F
16
M
32
A
17
M
24
J
12
J
18
A
16
S
10
O
16
N
16
D
12

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 7

iStock-Michael Zeigler

Sea Lion
177 Sightings
J
20
F
14
M
17
A
8
M
24
J
12
J
14
A
11
S
13
O
10
N
16
D
18

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
139 Sightings
J
10
F
19
M
19
A
14
M
8
J
12
J
8
A
10
S
5
O
8
N
14
D
12
Alamy/BIOSPHOTO

Ocean Sunfish
111 Sightings
J
13
F
10
M
10
A
0
M
9
J
5
J
0
A
6
S
11
O
8
N
20
D
19
iStock-crisod

Reef Manta Ray
65 Sightings
J
12
F
10
M
15
A
0
M
4
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
6
O
10
N
8
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 600

iStock/ultramarinfoto

Wrasse
57 Sightings
J
7
F
9
M
11
A
0
M
0
J
6
J
7
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
5
D
7
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection

Oceanic Whitetip Shark
42 Sightings
J
0
F
7
M
10
A
0
M
7
J
3
J
7
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
0
D
3
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 80

iStock/Extreme-Photographer

Stingrays
270 Sightings
J
39
F
27
M
19
A
21
M
19
J
19
J
19
A
23
S
24
O
11
N
22
D
27
iStock-June Jacobsen

Whitetip Reef Shark
260 Sightings
J
26
F
32
M
45
A
23
M
36
J
20
J
20
A
17
S
14
O
0
N
15
D
12
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin

Blacktip Reef Shark
179 Sightings
J
15
F
20
M
27
A
12
M
19
J
10
J
16
A
9
S
13
O
8
N
14
D
16

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 100

iStock-burnsboxco

Parrotfish
106 Sightings
J
10
F
15
M
23
A
0
M
5
J
8
J
8
A
9
S
5
O
0
N
10
D
13

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Rich Carey

Angelfish
67 Sightings
J
15
F
11
M
16
A
0
M
0
J
5
J
0
A
0
S
4
O
0
N
5
D
11

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 130

Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek

Butterfly Fish
49 Sightings
J
5
F
13
M
15
A
0
M
0
J
4
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
7
D
5

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 130

AdobeStock-JirinaVFR

Pufferfish
49 Sightings
J
6
F
11
M
10
A
0
M
4
J
5
J
0
A
5
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
8

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 15

Shutterstock-Al McGlashan

Tuna
42 Sightings
J
9
F
5
M
10
A
0
M
7
J
3
J
0
A
0
S
3
O
0
N
5
D
0