Floreana

Calm Galapagos reef with sharks, rays, and playful sea lions.

Boat Access
18m Avg Depth
18m Max Depth

About this dive site

This dive site, located south of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago, offers three distinct diving locations: Punta Cormorant, Champion, and Enderby. It is approximately a 1 hour and 30 minute boat ride from the base location. The average depth at these sites ranges around 18 meters. This area is characterized as a reef environment, abundant with corals and sponges. Diving here typically involves calm conditions, although strong currents are rare. You can expect to encounter a diverse array of marine life, including cleaning stations frequented by sea lions, Galapagos sharks, white tip reef sharks, turtles, various reef fishes, stingrays, eagle rays, barracudas, and an assortment of invertebrates.

Diving Freediving Snorkeling

Site Ratings

Big Marine Life Good
Macro Marine Life Very Good
Landscape Quality Excellent
Water Visibility Very Good Viz
Famousness Well Known

Plan Your Visit

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Marine Life

sea lionGalapagos sharkwhite tip reef sharkturtlereef fishstingrayeagle raybarracudacoralsponge

Things to Note

Difficulty:

All levels

Calm conditions and moderate depth suit beginners, while diverse marine life and cleaning stations appeal to all divers.

Hazards:
currentboat trafficmarine life
Current Strength:

Mild

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