OUR KEY TRAINING SITES

Safe, sheltered and close to town
 
We mostly conducted training dives in Academy Bay, which is adjacent to Puerto Ayora, our home town and the largest conurbation in the Galapagos.

We use four sites, all accessible within a 10-to-20-minute boat ride from our harbour and offer daily trips at 08:00, 13.00, and 18.00 hrs, for 1 and 2 tank adventures. We always provide users with rope lines to assist with ascent and descent.

PUNTA ESTRADA

Approximately 10 mins from Puerto Ayora and laying to the southwest side of the bay, this dive site is perfect for novice & reactivate students as well as for experienced divers, for whom it offers fabulous night diving.

Depth is between 6 m and 15 m, the bottom is flat and, while diving, it’s not unusual for clients to see a wide variety of reef fish along with rays, turtles, sharks, octopus, lobsters, and varied other local creatures.

Let Punta Estrada enhance your learning and enjoyment!

LOBERIA (Caamaño Islet)

Approximately 15 to 20 mins from Puerto Ayora and laying to the south side of the bay, this site is ideal for novice & reactivate students as well as for divers with advanced qualifications.

With a maximum depth of some 15 m, it’s common to see a wide variety of reef fish, sea lions, and rays in this area, which is one of the reasons Loberia is much used by Free Divers!

EL BAJO

Approximately 15 mins from Puerto Ayora and set to the southwest side of the bay this site is perfect for ‘advanced’ students & clients taking a re-activate course.

With a maximum depth of approximately 40 m, a seamount rises from El Bajo to some 10 m below the surface, meaning that clients can experience both current and depth in a controlled environment. Divers frequently see pelagics such as hammerhead and reef sharks, alongside eagle rays, sea turtles, schooling fish and octopus.

El BARRANCO

Approximately 15 to 20 mins from Puerto Ayora and set to the southeast side of the bay, this site is ideal for finishing the Open Water course, for practising Advanced skills and for the adventerous diver.

El Barranco provides an underwater cliff face inset to which is a small cavern where it is common to find lobsters. Other animals see on a regular basis include, sea turtles, large schools of Salema (small striped fish), rays, black tip and white tip sharks, and various reef fishes.

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