The top 35 dive and snorkel sites in Ecuador, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Ecuador guide
Shallow cave to snorkel with penguins, sun fish, sea lions and sea turtles. Coldest spot we dived in June/July, saw sunfish (mola mola) and red lipped batfish. Dove to 90 ft. Northwest side of Isla Isabela. Punta Vincente Roca is also known as Ice Box.
Diving in Kicker Rock is one of the most famous activities you can do on the Galápagos. Kicker Rock is the second most famous dive in the entire archipelago. Only slightly shadowed by the liveaboard experience of Darwin and Wolf’s islands, which cost a small fortune. Kicker Rock is also known as Leon Dormido, Roca Pateadora.
Probably the best dive around Santa Cruz. Northeast of the Plazas islands Gordon's Rock is also known as La Lavadora, Roca Gordon.
Tower Rock is a small rock in the west side of the island.
Usually sight Pacific Seahorse. Abundant fish. Often Manta Rays and stingrays. Thermoclines can make this a very cold dive. Southeast side of Isla Isabela. Day trip from Puerto Villamil.
This is a good place to meet sea horses, longnosed hawkfishes, and frogfishes. West side of Isabela. NOTE: Live-aboards no longer have this site on their itineraries and it is not accessible from land. Tagus Cove is also known as Caleta Tagus.
Sea Lions, Eagle Rays, Hammerheads, White-Tipped Reef Shark, Mantas, Garden Eels, Snake Eels, Bonitos, Jack, Mackerel, Threebanded Butterflyfish, Sea Turtles, Yellowtail Surgeonfish, Yellow and Blue Striped Snappers, King Angelfish, Parrotfish, Yellowtail Grunt, Peruvian Grunt, Cardinalfish, Galapagos Grunt, Sea Stars and more. Huge field of garden eels. Sometimes schooling hammerheads. Taxi to Itabaca Canal; boat to Mosqueras. Takes about 20 minutes to arrive. Mosqueras is a white sandy islet (sea lion colonies) between Baltra (island with airport) and Seymour, another dive site.
Just southeast of Puerto Villamil, south of Isabela. Tortuga Island is also known as Isla Tortuga.
Boat from Puerto Ayora on Isla Santa Cruz. 30 minutes.
Corona del Diablo is also known as Devil's Crown.
Bahia Tiburones is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Ecuador, Galapagos, Wolf Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
Seymour North is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Ecuador, Galapagos, Santa Cruz Island which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
Isla Salango is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Ecuador, La Costa which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
Zentacle lists 10 dive shops in Ecuador. The top-rated are Planet Ocean Galapagos (4.9 from 78 reviews) and Mares Ecuador (4.8 from 102 reviews).
