GALAPAGOS LIVEABOARD DIVING

WHY LIVEABOARD DIVING IS BEST

Covering a distance of over 45'000 km², the oceans surrounding the magnificent Galapagos Islands provide a truly immense amount of diving possibilities - and on a scale of difficulties for the varying experience levels. Whilst the land based holidays can be a spectacle of wildlife and wonderful scenery, a liveaboard is a more economical and much easier way to delve deeper into the incredible waters - providing more obscure diving sites, more time spent in the water and more scope for getting up close and personal with as much as possible.

THE BEST PLACES TO DIVE IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

It’s difficult to call the best diving sites in the Galapagos with so many to choose from, however, two of the more impressive and most popular amongst experienced divers are:

Darwin’s Arch 

The impressive 15 M (50 ft) lava arch is one of the most unique and enjoyable places to dive at the islands, as the fast descent in current forces you to grab onto the rocks below and become an intrigued spectator to the show of what comes flying past.

Wolf Island

The extinct volcano is fascinating both above and below sea level, with some wonderful schools of marine life and a sea bed reaching a maximum depth of 253 M (830 ft). With a host of great dive sites like The Pinnacle, Shark Bay and Landslide, the high chance of seeing Hammerhead Sharks, Galapagos Sharks and even the elusive Whale Shark on Wolf Island make it definitely worth a dive… or three.

Other favourites include: Academy Bay - Santa Cruz, Santa Fe Island, Cousins Rock, Daphne, North Seymour Island and Floreana Island.

Although there are options for a range of diving difficulties available in the Galapagos Islands, the main body of trips are considered to be geared more toward the experienced divers out there.