{"id":290,"date":"2007-03-18T07:51:23","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T15:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/wolf-island-galapagos\/"},"modified":"2016-01-14T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T06:16:16","slug":"wolf-island-galapagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wolf-island-galapagos.html","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Island, Galapagos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolf Island<\/a> is one of the two northernmost islands in the Galapagos archipelago. Along with Darwin Island, Isla Wolf is famous for its rich undersea and seabird life. There are no land visits on the island, so the few visitors to the island are almost entirely divers or research scientists. Typical of most islands in the Galapagos, Wolf Island has a historical second name that often appears on nautical charts: Wenman Island.<\/p>\n

\"Wolf<\/a><\/p>\n

Wolf Island, with a liveaboard tour boat below sheer seacliffs, is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island.
Image ID: 16629<\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

Isla Wolf lies 100km north of the central Galapagos islands, and requires about 12-15 hours to reach by boat. The crossing can be rough, but the abundant life and spectacular diving at the island are well worth the effort. Hammerhead sharks<\/a> (Sphyrna lewini<\/a><\/em>) are often seen at Wolf Island, typically in schools<\/a> of up to hundreds at a time. Fortunate divers will also see whale sharks<\/a> (Rhincodon typus<\/a><\/em>), Galapagos sharks<\/a> (Carcharhinus galapagensis<\/a><\/em>), bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, spotted eagle rays<\/a> (Aetobatus narinari<\/a><\/em>) and Galapagos fur seals<\/a> (Arctocephalus galapagoensis<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"Hammerhead<\/a><\/p>\n

Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.
Image ID: 16271<\/a>
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark<\/a>, Sphyrna lewini<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

Above water the island is an extraordinary bird habitat. Seabirds wheel by the thousands in updrafts above the island throughout the day, with morning and evening fly-ins and fly-outs as the birds depart to forage for food or return to rest at the island. Red-footed boobies (Sula sula<\/a><\/em>), nazca boobies<\/a> (Sula granti<\/a><\/em>, formerly known as masked boobies), frigates<\/a>, pelicans<\/a> and swallow-tailed gulls (Creagrus furcata<\/a><\/em>) dominate the skies above Wolf.<\/p>\n

\"Galapagos<\/a><\/p>\n

Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance.
Image ID: 16240<\/a>
Species: Galapagos shark<\/a>, Carcharhinus galapagensis<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Coral<\/a><\/p>\n

Coral hawkfish.
Image ID: 02432<\/a>
Species: Coral hawkfish<\/a>, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spotted<\/a><\/p>\n

Spotted eagle rays.
Image ID: 16333<\/a>
Species: Spotted eagle ray<\/a>, Aetobatus narinari<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Striped<\/a><\/p>\n

Striped sea chub, schooling.
Image ID: 16412<\/a>
Species: Striped sea chub<\/a>, Kyphosus analogous<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Great<\/a><\/p>\n

Great frigatebird, adult male, in flight, carrying twig for nest building, green iridescence of scapular feathers identifying species. Wolf Island.
Image ID: 16708<\/a>
Species: Great frigatebird<\/a>, Fregata minor<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hammerhead<\/a><\/p>\n

Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white \/ grainy.
Image ID: 16256<\/a>
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark<\/a>, Sphyrna lewini<\/i><\/a>
Location: Wolf Island<\/a>, Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolf Island is one of the two northernmost islands in the Galapagos archipelago. Along with Darwin Island, Isla Wolf is famous for its rich undersea and seabird life. There are no land visits on the island, so the few visitors to the island are almost entirely divers or research scientists….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-galapagos-diaries"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}