galapagos islands

Anybody been to the Galapagos islands with Peter Hughes'Skydancer?
please let me know yuor trip experiences

We were there in October 2002 and had a great time on the Skydancer -
nice boat - good crew - GREAT diving. We spent a few days before the
trip in the jungle.

We have a trip report posted on our Web Page:
http://home.tiac.net/~rbhayes/Galapagos.html

Pics are on Sony ImageStation:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291041969

Every dive we did kept getting better and better! Onlything we didn't
see was a whale shark, but that gave us a reason to go back - Sep
2005!

If you have any specific questions we would be glad to answer them for
you.


"peter kemp" <pekemp@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

>Anybody been to the Galapagos islands with Peter Hughes'Skydancer?
>please let me know yuor trip experiences
>
>

Bob & Geri
rbhayes@tiac.net
http://home.tiac.net/~rbhayes/

Hi Peter,

regarding Galapagos I would recommend to take
a look at www.sharkproject.com , a website in
german language but I think also available in
english.
There is no more paradise. They catch out
each shark they can get!

There is an online petition against this procedure
at http://www.wildaid.org/programs/epet_signup.php

Best regards,
Fritz

"peter kemp" <pekemp@wanadoo.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Anybody been to the Galapagos islands with Peter Hughes'Skydancer?
> please let me know yuor trip experiences
>
>
>

Well look at my own web site where I support tis organisation
www.redsea-diving.info
still I heard from peopkle there are lots of sharks in particular
hammerheads and galapgos sharks...........

have you been at the Galapagos and what was your experience?
kind regards
peter


"Fritz Koller" <kubicek@aon.at> schreef in bericht
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> Hi Peter,
>
> regarding Galapagos I would recommend to take
> a look at www.sharkproject.com , a website in
> german language but I think also available in
> english.
> There is no more paradise. They catch out
> each shark they can get!
>
> There is an online petition against this procedure
> at http://www.wildaid.org/programs/epet_signup.php
>
> Best regards,
> Fritz
>
> "peter kemp" <pekemp@wanadoo.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:4058b8b1$0$24437$18b6e80@news.wanadoo.nl...
> > Anybody been to the Galapagos islands with Peter Hughes'Skydancer?
> > please let me know yuor trip experiences
> >
> >
> >
>
>

"Bob & Geri" <rbhayes@tiac.net> wrote in message
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> Every dive we did kept getting better and better! Onlything we didn't
> see was a whale shark, but that gave us a reason to go back - Sep
> 2005!

My last trip to Galapagos was late October 2002 as well and we didn't see
any Whale Sharks either. According to the Dancer crew they had been gone (or
maybe gone deep) for at least a month by then.

I have been to Galapagos a few times and I think the best time to go is
February/March. There won't be any whale sharks, but all the fish
populations seem to be in greater abundance close to the islands. The best
shark schools I have seen were during those months and the water is very
settled, visibility is much greater and the currents up at Darwin and Wolf a
bit less severe. Overall, from my outlook, the diving is simply better early
in the year rather than later. Yes, the water is quite a bit colder, but I
think that may result better animal action.

I know Fall (at least our Fall) is always suggested for Galapagos because
the water is warm and the Whale Sharks are usually around, but overall I
like February/March much better...despite the chilling water. For my return
trips I will book for early year rather than late. I have just had far
better animals and water at that time, during my trips to the islands. Of
course, YMMV.