The diving in Galapagos is fantastic.  The sheer abundance of life is amazing.  On most dives you will see several hundred large marine animals.  On any given dive it is not uncommon to see sea lions, turtles, hammerhead sharks,  white tip sharks, manta rays, Galapagos sharks, and huge schools of eagle and/or golden rays, sometimes numbering between 50 - 100 individuals. There is also the possibility of seeing  whales, whale sharks, thousands of dolphins and large schools of hammerheads, sometimes numbering in the hundreds.  Between dives you can snorkel with penguins or  walk right up to a 400 pound tortoise.
For 4 years in a row (2000 - 2003) , Galapagos was rated as the #1 best overall dive destination in the world by Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine's "Readers' Choice Awards"!!   

Southern itinerary trips
In the past many yachts offered diving on their regular naturalist itineraries.  As of mid-2006, these types of trips are no longer allowed by the Galapagos National Park.  For a fee, a few yachts are offering the opportunity for their passengers that are divers to go diving with a local dive operator on one or possibly two days during a week cruise.    This may be the best option that is available for divers who are traveling with non-divers.

Darwin/Wolf trips
Beginning in mid - 2006 ALL dive trips are now "Darwin/Wolf trips"

Darwin/Wolf are probably the two best dive sites in the world but they are very far to the north  (120 miles from the nearest other island) and no land excursions are possible up there.  It takes approximately 15 - 20 hours of open ocean travel each way so any trip that includes them on the itinerary usually will spend at least 3 days up there.  Therefore any trip which includes Darwin/Wolf will have very few land excursion available and will not visit as many of the islands as a trip which does not include them.  These itineraries are not appropriate for non-divers

What is available for dive trips to Galapagos in the year 2008 and the prices

How many dives should you expect on any given Galapagos trip ?

Galapagos diving is not for beginners.    What are the dive conditions like in Galapagos ?

What kind of exposure suit should I bring ?

Climate information  (air/water temperatures - rainfall -  etc.)

UW photos from Galapagos

The entire trip was like a Jacque Cousteau film.  It's the diving trip I've been waiting for all my 20+ years of diving all over the world!!!      Nancy Parinello  San Diego, California
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