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IMPORTANT DIVING INFORMATION

Dive guides with over 5.000 dives in the Islands, English, French, German and Spanish spoken.

Not all the sites are for the same level of experience. More than 44 outstanding dive sites. There are sites for beginners, intermediates, and experts, we consider divers beginners at 5 to 30 dives logged; intermediates 30 to 100, experienced more than 100. Although we do dive with beginners, we generally recommend an intermediate level of diving skills and experience for Galápagos. The dive sites could be changed or cancelled depending on the weather or sea conditions. The minimum age to dive is 12 years old.
Our dive limit is 30 meters or 100 feet and no one can dive alone. Dives depend on the sea conditions (Currents, wind, visibility, temperature, surge and other variables). Currents are unpredictable and may be negligible or up to 3 knots.

There are two seasons: From January to June, is the hot season. Rains are most common early mornings in January. Water temp. 22 - 28C (70 - 85F) Air temp. 25º - 30ºC (78º - 88ºF) Strong sun and calm seas. Hottest month is March.
From July to December there may be misty rains, water temp 16 - 22C (60 - 70F) Air temp. 20 - 26C (68 - 78F) Occasional clouds or overcast, light rains, and light chop at sea. The coldest month is September. There are no storms in Galapagos.

GALAPAGOS is NOT a ZOO or an amusement park. We do NOT FEED or PET animals. Spearfishing is forbidden.

Our dive boats have modern equipment to get you to the dive sites safe, fast and in comfort, emergency oxygen system and first aid kit on board.

Since April 2001 there is an hiperbaric chamber in Galápagos

We use first quality dive gear, including 7mm BARE wetsuits, and Oceanic Alpha 8 first stage, regulator and octopus.

Our tanks are filled with pure air with no nearby pollution from vehicles.

We are more flexible than other options in Galápagos. We can supply daily dive tours for the number of days that you want or liveaboard cruise tours including visits to the onshore island visitor sites, or even just land tours.

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