Course overview

For certified divers, guided fun dives out of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island open up the Galapagos' world-class sites, from the hammerhead crater at Gordon Rocks to the eagle-ray channels of North Seymour and Mosquera. Two-tank day trips are led by professionals who match the site to your experience and the conditions. No course is required, just a current certification and a logged-dive history.

What you’ll learn

• Dive iconic Galapagos sites within your certification limits
• Apply drift and current techniques on guided dives
• Adapt to cool water and changeable visibility
• Spot and identify hammerheads, rays, turtles and sea lions
• Build logged-dive experience toward advanced sites

Prerequisites

• PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent for shallower sites
• Advanced Open Water and around 25 to 30 logged dives for current sites like Gordon Rocks
• Recent dive experience or a refresher if you have been inactive
• Diver medical questionnaire completed beforehand

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Two-tank day trip

   Morning boat departure from Puerto Ayora, two guided dives matched to your level at sites such as North Seymour, Mosquera or Gordon Rocks, with a surface interval and snacks between dives.

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