Course overview

Discover the reef after dark with the PADI Night Diver specialty out of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island. Using a torch on the shallow rock reefs and sandy gardens around Santa Cruz, you watch sleeping turtles, hunting sea lions and the night shift of reef life emerge. You earn the PADI Night Diver certification on completion.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct a night dive safely with a primary and backup light
• Communicate with light signals and maintain buddy contact in the dark
• Navigate at night using a compass and natural references
• Identify nocturnal marine life and behaviour
• Manage entries, exits and disorientation after sunset

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior Night Diver)
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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
   Night-diving skills

   Night theory plus three after-dark dives on sheltered Santa Cruz rock reefs and sandy bottoms, practising light signals, navigation and nocturnal life-watching.

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