Wolf Island
One of those magical islands, with several dive sites to choose from. If you want to see sharks, you are at the right spot. This is a place for schooling hammerhead sharks, large aggregations of Galapagos sharks, and occasionally whale sharks. Seeing dolphins, large schools of tuna, spotted eagle rays, barracudas, sea lions and sea turtles is common. The bottom is littered with hundreds of moray eels, many of them free swimming. Being several degrees warmer than the central islands, you can look for many representatives of the Indopacific underwater fauna.

Currents: Normally from southeast, but variable. It goes from moderate to very strong. Eddies and down drafts associated to some dive sites. The south side of the island features strong surge that is potentially dangerous if divers don't surface out in deep waters. Trust your guide and do as he recommends.
Water temp: Dec - Apr: 76 - 82 / May - Nov: 74 - 76°F
Thermo-clines: At around 65 ft, but highly variable

Darwin Island
Considered by many experienced divers as the very best dive site in the world, The Arch at Darwin island honors its reputation. It is warmer by a few degrees than the central islands. In one single dive you can find schooling hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, large pods of dolphins, thick schools of skipjack and yellow fin tuna, big eye jacks, mobula rays, and silky sharks. From June to November, we can almost guarantee whale sharks in numbers of up to 8 different individuals in one single dive. The presence of occasional tiger sharks, black and blue marlin and killer whales, adds on to this amazing diving experience. If you still have time to look for smaller stuff, you'll find octopus, flounders, and an enormous variety and abundance of tropical fish. Darwin Island is the biggest jewel on the Galapagos Crown.

Currents: Normally from southeast, but variable. It goes from moderate to very strong. Current splits right in front of The Arch. Drifting south-southeast is potentially dangerous due to shallow reefs and the difficulty to cover that area for search. Trust your guide and do as he recommends.
Water temp: Dec - Apr: 76 - 82 / May - Nov: 72 - 78°F
Thermo-clines: At around 65 ft but variable.

Cousins Rock
To the North of Bartolome, Cousins is an interesting wall dive. Visibility is just fair most of the year. A dive site with a bit of everything for every taste. You can find white tipped reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, sea lions hunting, fur seals, and many sleeping sea turtles. A high light is a resident school of up to 30 spotted eagle rays. If you are interested in macro photography, look for sea horses, frogfish, lobster, arrow crabs, cup coral, blue crabs, long nose hawk fish, coral hawk fish, nudibranchs, etc. It is superb for night or day diving.

Currents: Prevalently from northeast. It goes from moderate to strong. Occasionally very strong, coming from the north.
Water temp: Dec - Apr: 74 –78 / May – Nov: 65 – 72 °F
Thermo-clines: Variable from 65 to 90 ft.

Gardnerâs Seamount
This place features the biggest biodiversity of the archipelago. During a dive here, you can see anything from the smallest barnacle blenny to whale sharks. Common inhabitants of this seamount are large schools of yellow and dog snappers, Mexican goatfish, moray eels, sting rays, spotted eagle rays, white tipped reef sharks, pacific burr fish, guinea fowl puffers, bulls eye puffers, box fishes, king angelfish, three banded butterfly fish, barber fish and 3 species of grunts. If you venture in to the sandy bottom you may find red lipped batfish.

Currents: Normally from southeast. Variable, but mostly moderate.

The Northern Channel
In the south side of Seymour Island and no deeper than 50 feet deep, the northern channel is superb. It features an enormous "field" of garden eels, stingrays, a school of spotted eagle rays, white tipped reef sharks, and thick schools of grunts, snappers & goatfish. When Dr. Silvia Earle described Galapagos as "the fishiest place in the world", she had probably dived this dive site.

Currents: From east. It goes from moderate to strong. When surfacing, water accelerates on top of the shallow part of the reef causing quick drifts. Make your safety stop holding to a rock.
Water temp: Dec - Apr: 74 –78 / May – Nov: 68 – 72 °F
Thermo-clines: At about 45 ft.

North Plaza
In our normal itineraries, this dive site is the best way of ending your trip on board. It's shallow waters are home for a rookery of playful young sea lions.

Currents: None, sometimes, water motion associated to tides.
Water temp: Dec - Apr: 74 –78 / May – Nov: 68 – 72 °F
Thermo-clines: None