Bartolomé/Cousin Rocks

BARTHOLOME Location: Located east of Santiago Island, a small Island with the famous Bartholomew pinnacle Site Conditions: Moderate currents. A platform is found at approximately 10 meters of depth where a variety of reef fishes reside. On the edge of this platform, there are underwater cliffs that start at about 15 meters deep with good probabilities to observe pelagic species. Activity: White-tipped reef shark, reef fishes, barracudas, turtles, modulas, sting rays, variety of invertebrates. COUSINS Location: North-east of Santiago island near Bartholomew island. Site Conditions: Normally there are no strong currents at this site; this is partly a reef dive, partly a wall dive where the endemic black coral is found. Activity: Cleaning station, sea horses, barracudas, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, white tip reef sharks, turtles, reef fishes, stingrays, eagle rays, variety of invertebrates. At surface interval penguins can be observed.