Roca Ballena

Galapagos site with hammerheads, rays, dolphins, and diverse life.

Boat Access
15m Avg Depth
20m Max Depth

About this dive site

This dive site is located at Roca Ballena. Divers will begin by preparing their equipment and receiving a briefing from the dive guide before entering the water. The dive itself lasts approximately 45 minutes, with a maximum depth of 20 meters. This location offers an incredible opportunity to encounter a diverse array of marine life including playful dolphins, elegant rays, distinctive hammerhead sharks, fascinating globefish, powerful barracuda, swift tuna, graceful sea turtles, delicate sea urchins, varied starfish, and colorful moray eels, alongside common species such as lobsters and octopus. The underwater environment around Roca Ballena is a vibrant ecosystem.

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Site Ratings

Big Marine Life Excellent
Macro Marine Life Good
Landscape Quality Very Good
Water Visibility Good Viz

Plan Your Visit

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Marine Life

  • Dolphin Dolphin
  • Reef Manta Ray Reef Manta Ray
  • Sandbar Shark Sandbar Shark
  • Sea Turtle Sea Turtle
  • California Spiny Lobster California Spiny Lobster
  • Oceanic Whitetip Shark Oceanic Whitetip Shark
  • Red Sea Urchin Red Sea Urchin
  • Whale Shark Whale Shark
  • Nudibranch Nudibranch
  • Octopus Octopus
  • Barracuda Barracuda
  • Humpback Whale Humpback Whale
  • Ray Ray
  • Hammerhead Shark Hammerhead Shark
  • Snowflake Moray Snowflake Moray
  • Starfish Starfish
  • Pufferfish Pufferfish
  • Silky Shark Silky Shark
  • Grey Reef Shark Grey Reef Shark
  • Tuna Tuna
  • Tiger Shark Tiger Shark

Things to Note

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Shallow depth, but potential strong currents and large pelagics require some experience.

Hazards:
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Current Strength:

Variable

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