Academy Bay is the bay of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island with 5 dive sites. These dive sites are all within 20 minutes from our base by boat. Three of the Academy Bay sites are generally calm with little current; ideal for students or novices.
Darwin Island
This dive site is not very protected, so dive conditions can be rough with waves, surge and changing currents. The currents are normally from the southeast and split right in front of the Rock Arch.
Espanola
Espanola Island, or Hood Island, is the most southern in the archipelago and is considered by many visitors to be one of the best.
Fernandina
Since Fernandina lies to to the very west of the Galapagos archipelago it has no introduced species, and as a consequence remains as the Galapagos were before being colonized.
Floreana Island
There are 4 dive sites in Floreana Island called the Enderby Islet, Punta Ayora, Champion Islet and Devil's Crown.
Genovesa
Genovesa is known more often by its English name of Tower and lies north of the equator. Genevosa is the remains of an extinct volcano that is open to the sea on the south side.
Isabela
Punta Albemarle lies on the very northern tip of Isabela and Cape Marshall (Puerto Egas) on the eastern side of Isabela island.
Marchena Island
Here are fields of the endemic Galapagos garden eels. They are dark brown with a row of white spots on the sides of the body and some irregular patches.
Pinta
A steep sea cliff truncates the western side of the volcano, which lacks the prominent summit caldera of Fernandina and Isabela Island volcanoes.
San Cristobal
The most well known dive site is the Kickers Rock, a small islet that rises steeply to 148m, with a massive split through the middle.
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Island has 4 dive sites that generally have exellent visibility and mild currents. This is ideal for scuba divers who are not that experienced yet and still the animals and topography that includes a spectacular arch.
Santiago
Santiago is dominated by Cerro Cowan (907m), a large volcano in the northwestern side of the island. There is much evidence of volcanic activity such as lava flows, boulders and black volcanic sand on the beaches.
Wolf Island
Wolf is a small uninhabited island, that rises steeply to 253m. As around Darwin, the water is several degrees warmer here than in the southern islands.
