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Gordon Rocks, Galapagos
★★★★☆
(1,240)
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
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
954 Sightings
J
74
F
74
M
84
A
99
M
111
J
84
J
97
A
84
S
77
O
42
N
58
D
70
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
948 Sightings
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71
F
81
M
78
A
72
M
98
J
81
J
95
A
95
S
81
O
66
N
60
D
70
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
707 Sightings
J
63
F
64
M
74
A
70
M
58
J
46
J
70
A
59
S
60
O
36
N
52
D
55
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
267 Sightings
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29
F
16
M
32
A
31
M
30
J
24
J
22
A
24
S
13
O
18
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 approx.: 7
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Sea Lion
206 Sightings
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20
F
14
M
18
A
15
M
32
J
15
J
17
A
15
S
14
O
12
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 approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
158 Sightings
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10
F
20
M
19
A
24
M
12
J
12
J
9
A
13
S
5
O
8
N
14
D
12
Alamy/BIOSPHOTO
Ocean Sunfish
105 Sightings
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13
F
10
M
10
A
0
M
9
J
5
J
0
A
0
S
11
O
8
N
20
D
19
iStock-crisod
Reef Manta Ray
62 Sightings
J
12
F
10
M
15
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
7
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 approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
59 Sightings
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7
F
10
M
11
A
0
M
0
J
6
J
8
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
5
D
7
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
51 Sightings
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0
F
7
M
11
A
0
M
8
J
6
J
7
A
0
S
9
O
0
N
0
D
3
iStock/Divepic
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
26 Sightings
J
5
F
0
M
6
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
5
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
0
D
5
