Smmcdonald
Ecuador
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Nº111
Date: 2018-06-13 - 10:14
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Max Depth: 27.1m Duration: 38mins
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- Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
- Dive type : Recreational
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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- Weights: 7.3 kg
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Jennifer McDonald,
Cathy Dingman,
James Shawver,
Johnny Kerr,
Dennis Zullig,
Tracy Newton,
John Dingman
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- 12L Aluminium 205 → 32 bar
- Average depth: 17.5m
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Wolf Island juts up out of the water with shear cliffs all around, and no good place to step ashore even if we were allowed to do so. The cliffs where we were anchored were 100m high and rimmed with cacti and scrubby trees. From our excursion onshore a few days ago, it was apparent that most of these islands were dry. The northern ones even more so, and the leaves had already shed even this early into the season. Thousands of birds were strewn throughout the rockly cliff and trees on the crown. This island wasn't flat: it was obviously volcanic in origin, with peaks at the center reaching 250m in height. The shear remoteness of it and Darwin Island alone is enough to make one wonder how anything could survive in such a barren landscape. But the animals seem to thrive by the thousands, and underwater is no different. On the eastern side of the island, near Shark Bay, one area of the cliff gave way and a landslide ensued, tumbling large boulders into the sea and down to a ledge 80 feet deep, before the island gave way again into the blue. Here is where the "Landslide" site is located, and here we dove down to 80 feet, anchoring into the rocks and peering over the ledge. The site is very similar to Shark Bay, except the landslide itself made the wall less dramatic in its slope.
Since I was very young, I have been fascinated by hammerhead sharks. I'm not sure why: maybe it's the funny-shaped head, or maybe it was just different from the great white all of the other kids loved--this was the era of Jaws. At any rate, it has always been a dream of mine to dive in the midst of these beasts, and today would be my chance! I looked at Jen, and she knew right-away what I was about to do. I paused at the 70' ledge for a moment, then kicked off over the blue, and descended down into the school of sharks. At 90' I stopped and filmed, and watched in awe as the sharks swam up and around me; dozens of them. Still, even being removed from the others, they seemed skiddish and would hurry around me whenever I breathed: they really don't like the bubbles! I didn't stay down for too long, though: I was already one of the first ones out due to air consumption on most dives, and I wanted to hang out longer in the event that something bigger came along. On the ledge, I saw several moray eels, green turtles, and the typical aggregates of schooling fish, angels, etc. Back topside, we prepared for lunch before the afternoon to try our luck again at Shark Bay.