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Gordon Rocks, Galapagos
★★★★☆
(1,046)
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
857 Sightings
J
71
F
77
M
76
A
69
M
80
J
70
J
79
A
79
S
64
O
62
N
60
D
70
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
837 Sightings
J
74
F
70
M
82
A
93
M
92
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 approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
633 Sightings
J
63
F
62
M
74
A
66
M
48
J
35
J
56
A
40
S
47
O
35
N
52
D
55
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
231 Sightings
J
29
F
16
M
32
A
30
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 approx.: 7
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Sea Lion
185 Sightings
J
20
F
14
M
18
A
14
M
25
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 approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
149 Sightings
J
10
F
19
M
19
A
24
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 approx.: 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
43 Sightings
J
0
F
7
M
11
A
0
M
7
J
3
J
7
A
0
S
5
O
0
N
0
D
3
