You can choose combined diving cruises, (diving sites and land sites) of 8 or 10-12 days. This option normally combines 2 dives per day with one land visit; but also, exclusive diving itineraries for 8 or more days are available, with 2 or 3 dives per day and some night dives. Full diving cruises will normally include Wolf and Darwin Islands, consider the best diving sites but located far away from any other visitor site.
All diving programs in Galapagos include: cruise with at least two dives per day, local transfers, double occupancy cabins, all meals, tanks, weights, a dive master guide and a naturalist guide for combined tours.
All diving boats features: compressor, oxygen and basic medical supplies. You should bring your up to date health certificate, and your up to date diving certification.
You can bring your own equipment (wet suit, buoyancy control vest, regulator, mask and fins), but you can also rent equipment in the islands. There is first quality equipment in Galapagos, and your trip will be lighter, although this option is quite expensive.
Here some good examples of the of diving tours we offer, with the exceptional yachts we have selected: The Lammer Law, The Mistral, Beluga, the mid priced Sulidae, or Cachalote or the low priced Seaman.

CENTRAL ISLANDS 8 DAYS- 7 NIGHTS: Divers must have at least 20 dives logged
This is a tour of the central islands that combines land visits with diving every day except arrival and departure days. The attractive feature of this tour is the opportunity to enjoy almost all of the land and marine creatures of the archipelago and also the impressive island landscapes.
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DARWIN & WOLF 8 DAYS-7 NIGHTS: Only for divers with at least 40 dives logged.
Darwin and Wolf are the northernmost islands of the archipelago, famous among the most desirable dive sites in the world. The very few tourists that visit these islands are all divers because this unique and fragile environment is closed to land visits. Thousands of seabirds crowd the precipitous cliffs and brushy heights. Strong currents are the ruling feature of these singular dive sites, where a diver can station himself at a rock to watch vast schools of every kind of fish drift past. The sites are especially known for the high presence of hammerheads and big Galapagos sharks as well as marine turtles, various types of rays, mantas, dolphins, morays, and invertebrates. Here, you may live the waking dream of finding yourself with the greatest fish of all, the Whale Shark.
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Water temperature
The waters of the Galapagos Islands are a unique mixture of warm and cold water, ranging between 65F and 85F, with thermo clines about 65F. We recommend a 1/4" (5mm) wet suit with hood and booties year round

Visibility
In general, visibility ranges from 5 to 25 meters, but most of the time it is restricted to between 12 and 18m. A large submarine current (Equatorial Undercurrent) coming from the West Pacific hits the largest island of the archipelago (Isabella Island) and is deflected upward reaching the surface, bringing up the cold and nutrient rich water; this can change the water temperature by as much as 6 degrees Celsius, and change the visibility in a matter of one or two days

Night dives
Night dives are scheduled at the discretion of the dive master since sharks are so plentiful in the area

What to see
Lots of large pelagic’s, particularly the schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks. White-tip reef sharks and Galapagos sharks, are also abundant, as are manta rays, eagle rays, golden rays, turtles, sea lions, fur seals, schools of tuna, jack and snapper. Whales sharks and dolphins are frequently sighted. There is also the opportunity to snorkel with penguins and marine iguanas.

Insurance and safety
There is no insurance included in the programs, so we highly recommend all divers to have their DAN insurance before going to the Galapagos ( cost per year for Standard Insurance US$ 69 and for Master Insurance US$ 79 including the annual membership).. We also recommend to bring dive alert whistle and scuba tube.
PROTECCION SUBMARINA DEL ECUADOR has an operating recompression chamber in Galapagos. For their direct service as well as for the handling of all the administrative part between them and DAN or PADI, they charge for each dived tank US$ 2 on daily dive tours, and US$ 35 for live-aboard up to 10 days.