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Gordon Rocks, Galapagos
★★★★☆
(901)
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
781 Sightings
J
71
F
46
M
49
A
54
M
79
J
70
J
79
A
79
S
64
O
62
N
60
D
68
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
758 Sightings
J
74
F
43
M
62
A
65
M
90
J
61
J
74
A
62
S
60
O
41
N
58
D
68
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
568 Sightings
J
63
F
35
M
53
A
52
M
46
J
35
J
56
A
40
S
47
O
35
N
52
D
54
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
206 Sightings
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29
F
11
M
25
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
173 Sightings
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20
F
13
M
14
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
129 Sightings
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10
F
12
M
16
A
14
M
8
J
12
J
8
A
10
S
5
O
8
N
14
D
12
Alamy/BIOSPHOTO
Ocean Sunfish
110 Sightings
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13
F
9
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
63 Sightings
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12
F
9
M
14
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
52 Sightings
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7
F
6
M
9
A
0
M
0
J
6
J
7
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
5
D
7
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
259 Sightings
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39
F
20
M
16
A
21
M
19
J
19
J
19
A
23
S
24
O
11
N
22
D
26
