Galapagos in the last month?

[mike jj]

Has any one been to Galapagos in the last few weeks. I know the water is a lot warmer than usual. I bought a 7mm just for this trip and I know I'm not taking it. I was thinking of taking my 5mm and vest, but now I am thinking of taking a 3mm and vest. I tend to stay pretty warm ( shorts and rash guard in 80 degree water). Do you think the 3mm and vest will be warm enough? I will have my hood. Also were the big animals deeper because of the water?

Thanks MIke

 

[DiveTheGalapagos]

As of last week, temps were not really up. Also, if you are on a liveaboard that goes to Punta Vicente Roca or Cabo Douglas, water is colder year round out there and at this time of the year can be in the 50's. So you might reconsider. Though Darwin is always warmer water, you are stationary a lot of the dive which means you are not generating as much heat as you do in motion.

 

[scubajoe86]

I was on the Galapagos Sky in mid-Jul with a brand new 7mm and a hood. From what the DM's said the water temp hadn't cooled off yet as of mid-July. The warmest dive was around 79F. I only used the hood a couple times and definitely would have preferred the flexibility of a 5mm with a vest. There were a couple colder dives that I was happy to be in the 7mm for, but I'm generally cold. I don't think anyone dove a 3mm on the boat so that might be a little thin even with a vest.