Diving on the Galapagos Islands. For experienced or beginning diver an opportunity that can’t be missed! The Galapagos Islands are one of the most spectacular places in the world to see marine wild life. Galapagos Last Minutes offers you different options, from obtaining your PADI licence to daytrips, to fully organised live-aboards, everything in possible! See different options below:

Finch Bay Scuba Diving
PADI Diving Courses
Day trips to different diving locations.

Finch Bay Scuba diving
The Finch Bay hotel is one of the most beautiful eco hotels on Santa Cruz island and you can stay here whilst enjoying daily dive tours.

Package 4 Nights : Galápagos Realm 
Package 7 Nights : Galápagos Waterworld     

Package 4 Nights : Galápagos Realm 
An underwater program designed for divers that want to experience the beauty of the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Highlights: North Seymour, Daphne Minor, and the always amazing Gordon Rocks. Right on Santa Cruz, a visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station has been planned; this is the home of the captive-rearing program for the famous giant tortoises. Full scuba gear provided.

Included:
4 nights accommodations;
6 dives;
Full meal plan (breakfast and dinner at Finch Bay; snack at dive boat);
All transfers;
Complimentary visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station;
Complete scuba equipment, divemaster and/or instructor;
Dive sites (plus, number of dives per site): North Seymour (2), Daphne Minor (1), Mosquera Islet (1), and Gordon Rocks (2).

Dive sites may be changed due to sea conditions, National Park restrictions or safety requirements.

Not Included:
Air ticket to/from Galápagos;
Entrance fee to Galapagos National Park ($100,00 per person);
Ingala visitors card ($10,00 per person);
Personal expenses;
Beverages;
Tips.

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Package 7 Nights : Galápagos Waterworld     
A comprehensive underwater experience designed for the adventurous diver. Most dive sites within the central islands are included, making this package a complete winner. Highlights: North Seymour, Daphne Minor, Cousins Rock, and the always amazing Gordon Rocks. Right on Santa Cruz, a visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station has been planned; this is the home of the captive-rearing program for the famous giant tortoises. Full scuba gear provided.

Included:
7 nights accommodation;
12 dives;
Full meal plan (breakfast and dinner at Finch Bay; snack at dive boat);
All transfers;
Complimentary visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station;
Complete scuba equipment, divemaster and/or instructor;
Dive sites (plus, number of dives per site): Santa Fe (2), North Seymour (2), Daphne Minor (2), Mosquera Islet (2), Gordon Rocks (2), and Cousins Rock (2) or Floreana (2).

Dive sites may be changed due to sea conditions, National Park restrictions or safety requirements.
 
Not Included:
Air ticket to/from Galápagos;
Entrance fee to Galapagos National Park ($100,00 per person);
Ingala visitor card ($10,00 per person);
Personal expenses;
Beverages;
Tips.

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PADI Diving Courses
Galapagos Last Minutes offers a variety of PADI diving courses, PADI certification courses, and other scuba diving courses in the Galapagos Islands. We work with an experienced Galapagos PADI Resort diving school lead by experienced scuba diving instructors. Check out this diving course section to see how you can get your PADI certification in one of the world's most impressive diving destinations - the Galapagos Islands.

PADI Open water course
Basic diving course to learn the techniques of breathing, movement, balance, and buoyancy control underwater as well as what wildlife to look for while scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands.

Price 2012: $750,00 per person, based on a minimum of 2 people. Please contact us for more information and group discounts.

Includes:

• Complete dive gear;
• Dive boat;
• Dive instructor;
• Theory classes;
• Pool sessions;
• Texts;
• Four open water dives;
• International PADI certification.

We can organize this same diving course with accommodations and meals.
At the end of the diving course, the diver can make more daily Galapagos diving tours with other certified divers or land-based day tours. The courses can be flexible, depending on your schedule, wishes, and departure date for the return to Quito. There are two Baltra - Quito flights every day. The Galapagos Islands diving courses do not include airfare, Galapagos National Park entrance fee, or transfers.

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Day trips to different diving locations.
Contact us today to arrange your dive trip in an underwater paradise! The daily dive tours include: Two dives, dive boat, divemaster guides, dive gear (complete wetsuit, regulator with octopus, BCD, mask, snorkel, fins, booties, gloves, hood, scuba tuba, tanks and weight belt), snack and hot lunch (Does not include lunch in Academy Bay).

Please note: We need a minimum of two passengers per trip (3 for Academy Bay). Minimum age to dive is 12 years old. Depth limit is 30m/100ft and no one can dive alone. Dive time limit is one hour. Travel time to and from dive sites will vary according to sea conditions. Dive sites can be changed or cancelled depending on weather/sea conditions. We use only the best dive technology and 7mm wetsuits to keep you comfortable as you encounter thermoclines. Prices listed include all equipment, dive boat, Dive Master Guides, a snack onboard, lunch and clean towel.

We dive in dive sites all over the Galapagos Islands. Here we list the Galapagos dive sites in the order of their level of challenge to the divers' skills, Academy Bay being the easiest.

Itinerary
Monday: Floreana Island
Tuesday: Gordons Rock
Wednesday: Cousins /  Batholome
Thursday: Seymour
Friday: Beagle / Daphne
Saturday: Gordons Rock
Sunday: Santa Fe

Santa Fe Island
This island is a solid structure of basaltic lava rocks about an hour away from our base. The 4 dive sites here generally have excellent visibility and mild currents, making these sites ideal for novices. At the same time, the animals and topography (including a spectacular arch) make them interesting for intermediates and experts. We can see stingrays, eagle rays, garden eels, turtles, sea lion colonies, morays, pelagic fish, and maybe white tip reef sharks and/or hammerhead sharks.

Trip duration: 7-8 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

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Beagle Rocks
These are 3 exposed rocks located south of Santiago Island, about 1h30’s cruise from Itabaca channel. This beginner/intermediate dive site starts on a 12 meters deep platform and leads to a wall, covered with black coral and sea fans, that drops to more than 60 meters. Pelagic species that can be observed include hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, mantas during the hot season, small rays, turtles and sea lions.

Trip duration: 8-9 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

Cousins Rock
An islet with a wall dropping from the surface into the deepest depths, Cousins Rock is home to a big area of sloping rock plates known as a "Planchonal" about two hours from our base. There can be strong currents here that separate the productive and unproductive sides of the dive site. Cousins is full of spectacular endemic young black corals and other sightings may include frogfish, fur seals, sea turtles, sea horses, and usually, hammerhead sharks.

Trip duration: 8-9 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

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Seymour Island
North Seymour is an uplifted island of lava flow about 90 minutes north of our dive base. There are 5 dive sites suitable for all levels of divers, although sometimes the currents can be strong. These sites have the most different species per square foot of sandy bottom. We can see cleaning behavior, a large garden eel colony, sea turtles, sea lions, fur seals, eagle rays, yellow-tailed grunts, big-eyed jack, and frequently white tip reef sharks and hammerheads. Occasionally, Galapagos sharks can also be seen here.

Trip duration: 8-9 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

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Floreana Island
The island of Floreana is about 90 minutes south from our dive base. There are 9 dive sites here with generally calm waters. On the occasion that we do find strong currents, we can quickly move to another site, which makes Floreana ideal for all levels of divers. This site is one of the best in the central islands to see significant coral colonies, such as pebble coral and endemic black coral. You might encounter baby birds as they make unsuccessful attempts learning to fly. You may look on as barberfish clean sea turtles of parasites. Floreana is also one of the best sites to dive with sea lions. If if that isn't enough there is the enticing gauntlet of sea horses, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, long nose hawkfish, barracudas, pelagic fish, white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, and hammerhead sharks.

Trip duration: 8-9 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

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Daphne
This is an isolated offshore tuff cone with vertical walls all around it about one hour from our dive base. The main dive site is a shelf of boulders at about 60 feet and the diving can be difficult depending on the currents and surge. We usually see many Galapagos sharks here, some schools of pelagic fish, and multicolored sponges on the rock wall.

Trip duration: 8-9 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person

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Gordon Rocks
This tuff cone formation is a world famous dive site about one hour from our base. There are 4 dive sites in the area, but only two are for novices. The other two sites are for intermediates and experts because there can be strong currents and surge. The Gordon Rocks dive sites are mostly walls with a deep bottom. Blend in and blow few bubbles and you may be blessed with a hammerhead sighting! Hammerhead sharks are the main attraction of Gordon Rocks, where they often conglomerate in large schools. You won't be able to stop looking at this aquarium as you're likely to also see reef fish, large pelagic fish, golden rays, stingrays, eagle rays, turtles, morays.

Trip Duration: 7-8 hours.

Price: $220,00 per person (minimum experience to participate is 30 logged dives).

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Bartholome
Location: Located east of Santiago Island, a small island where you can find the famous pinnacle of Bartholomew. Here you can find 2 dive sites located 1 ½ hours from Santa Cruz. We sail through the
Itabaca Canal (north side of Santa Cruz Island). There is a moderate current. On the site you can find a platform about 10 meters deep with a high variety of reef fishes. Closeby at the edge of an underwater cliff at 15 meter deep there is an opportunity to find pelagic species. With luck you can also see:white tipped sharks, reef fish, barracuda, turtles and more!

Trip duration: 7-8 hours

Price: $220,00 per person

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