September falls in the middle of the Galápagos cool season, the months when the Humboldt Current pushes cold, nutrient-dense water north along the South American coast and into the archipelago. Sea surface temperatures drop to their annual minimum, skies turn overcast, and the ocean becomes markedly more productive than it is during the warm months … Read more
Yes — September falls inside the most productive stretch of the Galápagos cetacean calendar, though the species you are most likely to encounter are not the ones most visitors expect. The archipelago sits at the convergence of three major ocean currents, and by September the cold, nutrient-dense Humboldt Current and the subsurface Cromwell Current are … Read more
The Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is the most visible large mammal in the archipelago and, for most visitors, the first wild animal they encounter — often before leaving the pier at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. September concentrates that visibility. The month sits at the core of the cool, dry garúa season, when the Humboldt Current … Read more