Galapagos Scuba Diving Liveaboard Trip - The Ultimate Adventure

Diving the Galapagos is a bucket list experience for many divers. In one dive trip you can dive with schooling hammerheads, whale sharks, dolphins, silky sharks, mola molas, penguins, marine iguanas, sea lions and more. This is the ultimate diving experience and one that needed to be included on Experiences You Should Have Podcast.

Schooling Hammerheads while Diving Darwin in the Galapagos

Interview with Galapagos Dive Instructor, Natalia Cifuentes

Listen to the podcast episode above on the Diving the Galapagos with Natalia Cifuentes from Galapagos Master Liveaboards. Natalia is also known as Naty is an underwater guide at the Galapagos National Park and she has been guiding for Master Liveaboards for the past 4 years. She is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and she is obsessed with marine life. She has an adventurous personality and she tells all on diving the Galapagos with the host Gail Menasco.

Natalia "Naty" Cifuentes

Why This Episode of Diving the Galapagos is So Special

The host of Experiences You Should Have Podcast, Gail Menasco, came up with the idea for the podcast back in 2017. Conveniently, she was about to live her dream of diving with schooling hammerheads in the Galapagos. She knew that the people on that boat were her type of people... people who value experiences.

Gail bought microphones, created a logo, and headed to San Cristobal Island with the intention of interviewing guests on the boat about unique experiences you should have (that can be replicated). The podcast was then born while on a bucket list diving trip. Watch a summary of her trip below on the Galapagos Master Liveaboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34HKp87hou0

COVID-19 Restrictions for Diving the Galapagos

Bear in mind you need to check up on Galapagos and Ecuador's COVID-19 guidelines for going on this trip. Currently as of early 2021, you need to show a negative PCR COVID test taken within 3 days of travel before entering Ecuador.

Galapagos Scuba Diving Itinerary

For the full itinerary for a Scuba Diving liveaboard trip to the Galapagos, check out Master Liveaboard's site. Here is a breakdown of the dive sites and islands you'll be visiting when you dive the Galapagos.

Starts in San Cristobal Island

The Galapagos is part of Ecudor and lies 600 miles west of mainland Ecuador. To get to San Cristobal Island, you must take a flight from Quito or Guayaquil. The guides will meet you at the airport on San Cristobal and will take you to get on a dingy to the amazing Galapagos Master V, where you will do a checkout dive to prepare your weights and get acclimated. Plan on seeing some fun and playful sea lions right off the island while doing your checkout dive in the chilly water.

Sea Lion at San Cristobal Island Photo by Gail Menasco

Journey to North Seymour & Baltra

While this is a dive trip, you do get to mini-land tour of North Seymour where your eyes can gaze upon sea birds, sea lions, and land iguanas. This is where you can see the infamous Blue Footed Booby. After a little time on land, it will be time to get wet and dive North Seymour so you have a chance to test your eq...