Scuba Diving The Freezer Tunas Malpelo Island Dive Colombia

Malpelo is home to an important coral formation as well as a large variety and quantity of marine creatures. Of special interest is the hammerhead shark with its awe-inspiring schools reaching up to 300 hundred individuals. The two most outstanding phenomena in Malpelo are the huge number of cluster and free swimming moray eels and the enormous congregations of silky sharks who often mix with hammerheads to form colossal shark schools.

“Hugging the rock face, I inch my way around the ledge only to be greeted by one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen in 30 years of diving: the entire ocean is filled with Hammerhead Sharks. They move in an endless column from about 100 feet all the way to the surface. The panorama of torpedo-shaped bodies stretches as far as I can see…” Brett Gilliam CEO TDI/SDI Diving.

Part of this wall is covered by hard coral while in other places it is easy to recognize its volcanic nature. Huge schools of hammerheads as well as other pelagic species are attracted to this site. Don’t forget your woolen socks for this dive!