I'm officially not afraid of sharks anymore

We woke up at 545 to be briefed on our first dive at Wolf Island (the first of four dives today). I went to the sundeck first thing and saw thousands of birds flying around the island. Wolf Island is not large, but it’s tall with very steep sides all around it. Looking at all the birds on the island was surreal. We finally made it to Galapagos. Pumped for our first dive, although it was before breakfast, we headed for Landslide. After breakfast we did Shark Bay and The Cave (medium current). After lunch we did Shark Bay again. They were all amazing. We saw tons of hammerheads, a couple swam up less than 10 feet away during our last dive as it was eating and swimming up the rocks. There were a lot of sea turtles as well and some got very close. One swam up to me and I decided it was best for me to get out of its way. Plenty of spotted Moray Eels. When we were hanging on the rocks at The Cave, I put my head right next to one that was sleeping with its head in the rocks. I stayed for a bit admiring the large snake and decided it was best to move on before I pissed it off. We finally got to swim with the dolphins! At the end of The Cave dive, lots of them came up to us and were playing. We’ve seen tons of them at the end of each dive, but we hadn’t been in the water to see them up close. They are usually at the surface playing around once we’re in the zodiac.

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