Guide to diving Fernandina Island in Galapagos Islands

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to Fernandina Island in Galapagos Islands.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Galapagos Islands liveaboard diving Fernandina Island. You can easily book the Calipso Dive Liveaboard, scoring 9.4/10, using this link.

1 Countries

2 Dive sites

4 Liveaboards

16 Creatures

Sea creatures found in Fernandina Island

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in Fernandina Island, grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type	Sea creatures
Crustacians	Crabs , Sally Lightfoot Crabs
Echinoderm	Chocolate sea stars
Mammal	Galapagos Sea Lions
Pelagic fish	Sunfish (Mola Mola)
Reef fish	Batfish , Bullseye puffer , Mexican hogfish
Reptile	Marine Iguanas
Sea birds	Flightless Cormorants , Galapagos penguins
Sea Bream	Salema fish
Sea turtles	Green turtles
Sharks	Galapagos bullhead sharks , Horn Sharks
Whales and dolphins	Baleen Whales

Dive sites in Fernandina Island

The following dive sites are found in Fernandina Island. Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site	Liveaboards that dive this site
Cabo (Cape) Douglas	Calipso Dive Liveaboard, Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard, Galaxy Diver II Liveaboard, Nortada Liveaboard
Espinosa Point	Galaxy Diver II Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in Fernandina Island

Calipso Dive Liveaboard

Cabo (Cape) Douglas top sea creatures: Marine Iguanas, Galapagos penguins, Flightless Cormorants, Green turtles, Batfish, Horn Sharks, Sunfish (Mola Mola), Baleen Whales, Galapagos Sea Lions

Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard

Cabo (Cape) Douglas top sea creatures: Marine Iguanas, Galapagos penguins, Flightless Cormorants, Green turtles, Batfish, Horn Sharks, Sunfish (Mola Mola), Baleen Whales, Galapagos Sea Lions

Galaxy Diver II Liveaboard

Cabo (Cape) Douglas top sea creatures: Marine Iguanas, Galapagos penguins, Flightless Cormorants, Green turtles, Batfish, Horn Sharks, Sunfish (Mola Mola), Baleen Whales, Galapagos Sea Lions

Espinosa Point top sea creatures: Marine Iguanas, Crabs, Salema fish, Galapagos penguins, Green turtles, Bullseye puffer, Mexican hogfish, Chocolate sea stars, Galapagos bullhead sharks, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Galapagos Sea Lions

Nortada Liveaboard

Cabo (Cape) Douglas top sea creatures: Marine Iguanas, Galapagos penguins, Flightless Cormorants, Green turtles, Batfish, Horn Sharks, Sunfish (Mola Mola), Baleen Whales, Galapagos Sea Lions

Top liveaboards diving Fernandina Island

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving Fernandina Island.

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Nortada Liveaboard: 73%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Nortada Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 73%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Nortada Liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Nortada Liveaboard are ([Diving:10/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Boat:9/10] + [Dining:7/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:4/10] = 36/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Nortada Liveaboard is calculated as 36/60 = 73% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .