Visibility and Depth

Visibility

• Visibility of 100 feet or 30 meters often is present in the Galapagos waters.
• You shall expect a visibility from 50 to 80 feet or 15 to 25 meters in most of the diving places.
• In some areas and in some seasons due to the richness of phytoplankton, green waters are present.
• This planktonic algae is the first step in the trophic chain and is necessary to sustain all marine life at the islands.

Depth

All dives are between 15 and 25 meters because this is where you encounter most of the marine life in the Galapagos. Maximum depth for dives is 30 meters.