Kicker Rock (León Dormido)
- Advanced
- Wall
- Blacktip reef sharks
Experienced≤40 m
Darwin's Arch (Darwin's Towers)
Dive site in Galápagos, Ecuador
Wall drift beside the pillars of the arch that collapsed in May 2021, with large numbers of hammerheads, silky and Galápagos sharks.
- Usual dive
- 25 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Jun–Nov
- Entry
- Liveaboard
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A drift and wall dive from a liveaboard. Known for whale sharks, galápagos sharks and hammerhead sharks.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: liveaboard.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- DriftYou move with the current and surface away from where you started.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Drift, Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Whale sharks
- Galápagos sharks
- Hammerhead sharks
- Silky sharks
- Tiger sharks
- Dolphins
- Turtles
Season in Galápagos
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jun–Nov.
Source: galapagosinsiders.comWhere is the Galápagos?
The point shows the Galápagos area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Galápagos
Drift
down to 25 m
Mosquera Islet
A gentle drift between Seymour and Baltra over a 15-18 m sandy floor, where hammerheads, curious sea lions and turtles pass by.
- Open Water
- Hammerhead sharks
Drift
down to 50 m
Punta Vicente Roca
Cold-upwelling wall off Isabela where mola mola are a signature sighting and seahorses and frogfish hide in the crevices.
- Advanced
- Sea lions
Wall
down to 33 m
Cape Douglas (Cabo Douglas)
- Advanced
- Sea lions
Pinnacle
down to 20 m
Devil’s Crown
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
down to 37 m
El Derrumbe (The Landslide), Wolf
Rock reef at Wolf where divers look out into the blue as hammerhead shoals, hundreds strong, pass by.
- Experienced
- Hammerhead sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Dive boats beside Kicker Rock (León Dormido), Galápagos, MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
