DIVING CRUISES WITH YACHT FRAGATA

The Galapagos Archipelago is considered within the best places to dive in the world. Diving with Yate Fragata is a great opportunity to discover the most spectacular marine world, you will be astonished to share the amazing submarine world diving with schools of colorful fishes, sea lions, turtles, penguins, and enjoy corals full of marine world.

Our diving itineraries consist of immersions combined with land visits, you will be able to admire the marine as well as the land fauna.

Wether you are traveling in a group or alone, we offer you the opportunity to experience this incredible underwater world. Yacht Fragata offers combined diving and land tours as well as exclusive diving tours.

 

OTHER OPTIONS

DAILY DIVING TOURS

Daily Tours include 2 immersions, diving speed boat, dive master, technical equipment, lunch.

Bahia Academia, Isla Santa Cruz 4-5 hours
Santa Fe Island 7-8 hours
Floreana Island 8-9 hours
Rocas Gordon 7-8 hours

Bahia Academia at Night (only advanced divers)

 

FULL DIVING CHARTER (maximum 14 passengers)

We offer diving itineraries aboard Yacht Fragata including the best Islands for this activity , we also develop costum tailored tours and can design an attractive itinerary visiting the places according your requirements.

 

COURSES

  • Open Water
    This is a training course to dominate all the basic physical techniques to dive.
  • Advanced course
  • Rescue
  • Master Dive

Courses include theory, technical equipment, immersions, diving boat and certified.


RENT OF EQUIPMENT

We also can rent tanks, BCs, regulator, wetsuits, masks, tubes, fins, soaks.
Belt with 6 weights , compressor with operator, and so on.


ADICIONAL INFORMATION

  • Not all places are recommended to dive with the same level of experience.
    There are sites for beginner, intermediate and advanced divers.
  • Beginners must have at least 5 to 30 immersions.
  • Intermediates from 30 to 100.
  • Deep limit for diving is 30 meters or 100 ft. anybody dives without master dive.
  • The minimum age to dive is:12 years old.
  • Quality of dives depend on water conditions (currents, wind, climate, temperature, etc.)

 

Know a little bit more about these impressive islands



ESPAÑOLA ISLAND (HOOD)

You can visit Punta Suarez. This is certainly one of the highlights of every cruise. A lovely group of sea lions is your welcome committee, hood mocking bird, large cactus ground finch, waved albatross. Blue footed boody, great frigate bird. Bahía Gardner is a white sand beach and excellent place for swiming and snorkeling.





SANTA FE ISLAND (BARRINGTON)

A thick forest of Opuntia cactus covers the island the walk is easy and short, there are a special Land Iguanas with is yellow color munching on the fallen cactus pad.top

PLAZAS SUR ISLAND
Perhaps one of the smallest island, just over 1 km. long and 200mts wide a narrow channel that divides south plaza from North Plaza. A small forest of Tuna Opuntia Cactus is home of land iguanas.



SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

Charles Darwin Station is a laboratory directed by scientists from various countries. It is home of several adults Giant tortoises. While walking this area you will have the chance to see a lot of varieties of Darwin finches and mocking bird.

SEYMOUR NORTH ISLAND
It has a big population of sea lions and iguanas. Blue - footed booby, frigate bird, lava gull, Galapagos mocking bird, yellow warbler.top

GENOVESA ISLAND (TOWER)
Red-footed booby, swallow toiled gull, short-eared owe. Galápagos dove, mockingbird, frigate bird.

BARTOLOME ISLAND
You will have the chance to experience the excitement of this excursion, climbing up to a peak of a carbonous cone 359 feet high where you can have one of the most beautiful views of all the surrounding islands. Perfect for snorkeling and swimming. You will see penguins.

SANTIAGO ISLAND (JAMES)
In the Bahia Sullivan you will be able to walk by an extensive pahoehoe lave field formed by volcanic eruptions dated of this century.

FLOREANA ISLAND (CHARLES)
Devils crown is a submerged volcanic crater beside Punta Cormorant, the cold waters of this place permit an abundant marine life. You will have the opportunity to see hammerhead sharks, king angelfish, starfish, etc.top

SAN CRISTOBAL ISLAND (CHATTAM)
It is the capital of Archipelago where you will see beautiful scenery in the highlands. Giant tortoises, lava lizard, blue footed booby, masked booby, red-footed booby, frigate bird.

RABIDA ISLAND (JERVIS)
Brown pelicans nest among the mangrove vegetation, flamingos and long tailed white checked pintail ducks feed and glide around in the lagoon.

ISABELA (ALBEMARLE)
The landscape is covered with dense vegetation typical of the area. It is the largest island of the Archipelago, finches, mockingbirds, owls, there are five species of giant tortoises.

 

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