There are of course all sorts of fish and other sea animals in the pacific ocean around the Galapagos Islands.

Here an overview:



So to see as many of these sea creatures as possible we also went diving... and we have seen one of the most amazing animals you can see under water: A Manta Ray!

We had already encountered the most amazing school of fish: hundreds of thousands small fish in one huge tower about 20m high and 5 to 8m in diameter! We dived underneath it and then right into it in the center: it was pitch black and considerably warmer in this huge swarm of fish!

And then, about 5 Min before the end of our dive (we were already at about 6m depth again) Barbara spotted this huge Manta Ray. And it just came closer and closer and passed by us in no more than 4m distance! Absolutely amazing, this animal was at least 3 to 4m wide and it moved in the most elegant way you can imagine. They almost fly through the water. It was definitely my greatest diving experience ever.

To give you an idea of this animal here some pictures. All these pictures are taken from websites since we did not have an underwater camera with us on the dives.