Karahua & Las Tiheretas

Location: San Cristobal
Two divespots just outside the bay. Take half a day to see the over 100 year old ship- wreck outside the bay and get an impression of the marine life
Experience required: 5 Dives

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Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido)

Location: San Cristobal
Check- dive in Lobos Island, 2 dives in Kicker Rock, Snorkel in Lobos Island
( all the equipment, transportation by boat, lunch, drinks, snacks and divemaster included)
Experience required: More than 10 dives

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Kicker Rock & Punta Pitt

Location: San Cristobal
Combine the best spots in one trip. After the check- dive we navigate the boat to the north of the island- Punta Pitt. The dive in Punta Pitt is followed by a second dive in Kicker Rock. Afterwards we have time to snorkel in Lobos Island
Experience required: 20 dives

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ACADEMY BAY

Location: Santa Cruz
Academy Bay is a short 2,5 mile navigation from the dive center. This area is great for introductory diving, beginners and intermediate divers. We always request that each person spend a minimum of 1 day diving Academy Bay to get acclimated to our waters, wet suit and the visibility. We recommend that beginning certified divers do at least 2 days in Academy Bay before heading to the more distant spots.
Experience required: 5 dives

Outside Academy Bay.- The dive sites outside Academy Bay have navigation distances of between 20 to 38 miles. The approximate travel time is 1 hour to most sites. These areas are spectacular world-class diving sites, best suited for intermediate to experienced divers.

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North Seymour

Location: Santa Cruz
North Seymour is an uplifted island of lava flow about 90 minutes north of our dive base. There are 5 dive sites suitable for all levels of divers, although sometimes the currents can be strong. These sites have the most different species per square foot of sandy bottom. You can see cleaning behavior, a large garden eel colony, sea turtles, sea lions, fur seals, eagle rays, yellow-tailed grunts, big-eyed jack, and frequently white tip reef sharks, manta rays, and hammerheads. Occasionally, Galapagos sharks can also be seen here.
Experience required: 20 dives

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Cousin Rock

Location: Santa Cruz
An intermediate dive along a wall dropping from the surface into the deepest depths, Cousins Rock is home to a big area of sloping rock plates known as a "Planchonal" . There can be strong currents here that separate the productive and unproductive sides of the dive site. Cousins is full of spectacular endemic young black corals and other sightings may include frogfish, fur seals, sea turtles, sea horses, and usually, hammerhead sharks,large amount of fish, whitetip sharks, eagle rays and manta rays. Most often combined with a dive at Bartolome.
Experience required: 40 dives

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Gordon Rocks

Location: Santa Cruz
This tuff cone formation is a world famous dive site about one hour from our base. There are 4 dive sites in the area, but only two are for novices. The other two sites are for intermediates and experts because there can be strong currents and surge. The Gordon Rocks dive sites are mostly walls with a deep bottom. Blend in and blow few bubbles and you may be blessed with a hammerhead sighting! Hammerhead sharks are the main attraction of Gordon Rocks, where they often conglomerate in large schools. You won't be able to stop looking at this aquarium as you're likely to also see reef fish, large pelagic fish, golden rays, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, morays, Galápagos sharks, blacktips and whitetips, spotted eagle rays, golden- and stingrays as well as fur seals.
Experience required: 40 dives

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Bartolome

Location: Santa Cruz
Stingrays, turtles, whitetips, plenty of fish, invertebrates and interesting rock formations with crevices. This dive site is always combined with diving in Cousins Rock. During the surface interval between Cousins and Bartolome you will snorkel to look for penguins
Experience required: 20 dives

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Mosquera Islet

Location: Santa Cruz
Largest colony of garden eels, mantas, whitetips and maybe hammerheads and eagle rays as well as plenty of tropical fish and sealions.
Experience required: 10 dives

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Daphne

Location: Santa Cruz
This is an isolated offshore tuff cone with vertical walls all around it about one hour from our dive base. The main dive site is a shelf of boulders at about 60 feet and the diving can be difficult depending on the currents and surge. You will usually see many Galapagos sharks here, white tips, eagle rays, stingrays, sea lions, hammerheads, turtles, black corals and many other invertebrates, and hundreds of fish and multicolored sponges on the rock wall.
Experience required: 40 dives

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Santa Fe

Location: Santa Cruz
This is easy diving with little current island is a solid structure of basaltic lava rocks about an hour away from our base. The 4 dive sites here generally have excellent visibility and mild currents, making these sites ideal for novices. At the same time, the animals and topography (including a spectacular arch) make them interesting for intermediates and experts. We can see stingrays, eagle rays, garden eels, turtles, sea lion colonies, morays, pelagic fish, and maybe white tip reef sharks and/or hammerhead sharks.
Experience required: 10 dives

Santa Fe.- Easy diving with little current. Whitetips, turtles, stingrays and occasionally a couple of hammerheads. snorkeling with sea lions at surface interval. Price: 200 USD pp

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Guy Fawkes

Location: Santa Cruz
Combination of wall and shoal diving. Great side for seeing a lot of sea horses and fishes. Whitetips, sea lions, turtles, Galápagos Sharks. In general the ocean bottom descends in slopes, some almost vertical. The walls of the islets are eroded, full of cavities in some parts, and big rocks covered in black coral in others. At this intermediate site divers can observe pelagic species such as Galapagos sharks, white tip reef sharks, turtles, and a wide variety of reef fish and sea lions.
Experience required: 40 dives

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BEAGLE ROCKS

Location: Santa Cruz
These are 3 exposed rocks located south of Santiago Island, about 1h30’s cruise from Itabaca channel. This beginner/intermediate dive site starts on a 12 meters deep platform and leads to a wall, covered with black coral and sea fans, that drops to more than 60 meters. Pelagic species that can be observed include hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, mantas during the hot season, small rays, turtles and sea lions.
Experience required: 20 dives

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PINZON

Location: Santa Cruz
The small island of Pinzon is located on the west side of Santa Cruz Island, about 1h30’s cruise away from our base. This beginner/intermediate dive site is on the east side where 2 tower-shaped rocks emerge. A wall covered in black coral drops to 10 meters and from there it’s a sandy slope that drops to more than 50 meters. Species commonly observed include the red lipped bat fish, sea horses, sting rays, turtles and white tip reef sharks.
Experience required: 20 dives

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Floreana Corona del diablo

There are 9 dive sites here with generally calm waters. Sealions, exotic fish, thousands of tropical fish, barracudas, black coral, whitetip and Galápagos sharks, moray eels, some hammerheads and eagle rays. You will have an excellent opportunity for dolphin-watching during the boattrip to and from Floreana. You will also enjoy some sightseeing by boat of the local marine- and birdlife, such as sealions, blue footed boobies, frigate bird, penguins, marine iguanas, etc.

On the occasion that we do find strong currents, we can quickly move to another site, which makes Floreana ideal for all levels of divers. This site is one of the best in the central islands to see significant coral colonies, such as pebble coral and endemic black coral. You might encounter baby birds as they make unsuccessful attempts learning to fly. You may look on as barberfish clean sea turtles of parasites. Floreana is also one of the best sites to dive with sea lions. If if that isn't enough there is the enticing gauntlet of sea horses, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, long nose hawkfish, barracudas, pelagic fish, white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, and hammerhead sharks.

Experience required: 20 dives

Floreana.- Enderby Islet, Punta Ayora, Champion Islet and Devil's Crown are the dive sites where you will experience sea lions, turtles, exotic fish, thousands of tropical fish, barracudas, black coral, whitetip and Galapagos sharks, moray eels, some hammerheads and eagle rays. You will have an excellent opportunity for dolphin watching during the boat trip to and from Floreana. You will also enjoy watching the local marine and bird life such as sea lions, blue footed boobies, frigatebird, penguins and marine iguanas from the boat. Price: 200 USD pp

El Bajo.- This submerged shoal at Academy Bay has an impressive amount of fish, whitetip sharks, morays, invertebrates, caverns, eagle rays, stingrays, turtles and sea fans. A great diving site for intermediate as well as for experienced divers.

Punta Nuñez Cliffs.- Wall diving with a cave. At this site, you can see turtles, stingrays, tropical fish, whitetip sharks and – occasionally – manta rays.

Punta Estrada.- Sea turtle canyon in Academy Bay. Invertebrates, tropical fish, stingrays, green sea turtles; possible encounters with golden rays and some whitetip reef sharks. There are interesting geological formations here.

Caamaño Islet.- Offers a chance to swim and play with friendly sea lions, many tropical fish and marine iguanas.

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