Underwater in the Galapagos

Really the best part of the Galapagos was when we went snorkeling, which was just about every day. Some days, even twice! The water was really cold because of the time of year, so I had to wear a wetsuit, but Scott was able to tough it out. The water is really warm there in our winter - it all just depends on which currents are there.

We saw many schools of fish there, including these Yellowtailed Surgeonfish. I am going on memory and some notes for these fish and the pictures don´t even begin to show the color that we could see, so hopefully I am correct on the names. :D

These guys have very large foreheads and we saw them in most of the places we went snorkeling. They are much larger than most of the fish and seem to travel around alone. I believe they are called the Streamer Hogfish.


This was another large school of fish and after that, a great big fish! Oh wait, that's just Scott.

We didn't see turtles for the first few days, but once we saw them, we just kept seeing them. You could get so close and they didn't seem to mind at all.


Some of the coral in places was absolutely beautiful with tons of colors. Here is just one example. We also saw many species of starfish, but this is just one example - the yellow one at the bottom. Okay, Alex... you didn't want to comment on birds - not your thing. But I know this is. Help me with all of the details I'm missing!