Very big Mola Mola at 101m depth at the U455 wreck

[chillyinCanada]

First ever.
My first seahorse was on my first 100m dive at the 6m decostop.
My first mola mola was at 101 m depth.

So very pleased for you!! I know that I was beside myself too.

 

[Dan]

The biggest Mola Mola I have seen was 5m. I have seen about 20 of them in Nusa Penida. You may want to dive there if you want to see them at shallower depth. In Galápagos I saw them even closer to the surface.

 

[chillyinCanada]

The biggest Mola Mola I have seen was 5m. I have seen about 20 of them in Nusa Penida. You may want to dive there if you want to see them at shallower depth. In Galápagos I saw them even closer to the surface.

5 meters across!!!!??

 

[Dan]

Was that your first ever mola mola or your first at that depth?

I have also had good sightings at Nusa Penida, one at 33m and one at 20m! And out of season too!! So exciting but I'm not a photog.

I’ll be back there again in 3 months to see these guys

 

[Dan]

5 meters across!!!!??

Yep. The bigger it is the uglier it becomes.

We thought we'd seen the biggest sunfish, but this one proved us wrong

 

[chillyinCanada]

I’ll be back there again in 3 months to see these guys

I sure wish that I had your dive budget @Dan_T!

 

[scubadada]

The biggest Mola Mola I have seen was 5m. I have seen about 20 of them in Nusa Penida. You may want to dive there if you want to see them at shallower depth. In Galápagos I saw them even closer to the surface.

We had Mola Mola parade in front of us for 15 minutes off Isabella, at Punta Vicente Roca in Galapagos. This was at about 80 feet

 

[Dan]

The one in my avatar is about 10’ (3 m) in vertical dimension, based on the Emperor angelfish size right next to it, which is about a foot (30 cm) long. That’s is not even fully adult.

 

[Dan]

We had Mola Mola parade in front of us for 15 minutes off Isabella, at Punta Vicente Roca in Galapagos. This was at about 80 feet
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Nice shot!

When I was in Punta Vincente Roca, the water was so green that I only saw shade of it swimming away. Then as we were leaving Isabela, on our way to Cousin Island, I saw a couple of them on the surface

How is diving in Galapagos in December?

 

[chillyinCanada]

Yep. The bigger it is the uglier it becomes.

We thought we'd seen the biggest sunfish, but this one proved us wrong

That is one ugly mutha! It looks as if this is its first cleaning, it is so covered in gunk.