Jungho Kim
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How will this impact the diving in Galapagos this year? I have a trip booked for 3rd week of July on the Sky...
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Just got off it.
Temperatures are extremely high currently Darwin and Wolf 27C Punta Vicente Roca 25C
No thermoclines you need to go in blue water to see schools of hammerheads
Hopefully in July the water will be cooler but season averages are 4-5C higher than normal
I was in a 5mm suit and was hot most times. Only used a hooded vest on a single dawn dive
We've been waiting 3 years for our galapagos trip (sept). The weather forecasts make me want to cry.
We will just be snorkeling, not diving, but previous el ninos have had devestating effects on most of the bird populations and the sea lions, and that is the whole reason we are going.
I have read the plants thrive...