Isabela Island

Guide to diving Isabela Island in Galapagos

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

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Galapagos liveaboard diving Isabela Island. You can easily book the Aqua Liveaboard, scoring 9.1/10, using this link.

1 Countries
2 Dive sites
5 Liveaboards
30 Creatures

Sea creatures found in Isabela Island

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

Creature type Sea creatures
Cephalopod Octopus
Crustacians Sally Lightfoot Crabs
Eels Moray eels
Mammal Fur Seals , Galapagos Sea Lions
Other sea creatures Galapagos sharks
Pelagic fish Sunfish (Mola Mola) , Yellowfin tuna
Rays Manta rays (Mantas) , Mobula Rays
Reef fish Barracuda , Batfish , Bullseye puffer , Creole fish , Frogfish , Hawkfish , Parrotfish , Seahorses
Reptile Marine Iguanas
Sea birds Blue-footed Boobies , Flightless Cormorants , Galapagos penguins , Nazca Boobies
Sea Bream Salema fish
Sea slug or Gastropoda Nudibranchs
Sea turtles Green turtles
Sharks Galapagos bullhead sharks , Port Jackson sharks , Scalloped hammerhead sharks
Sponges and cnidarian Sea sponges

Dive sites in Isabela Island

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

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
Cabo Marshall Aqua Liveaboard, Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard, Nortada Liveaboard
Punta Vicente Roca Aqua Liveaboard, Calipso Dive Liveaboard, Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard, Galapagos Master Liveaboard, Nortada Liveaboard

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

Aqua Liveaboard

Aqua Liveaboard

Cabo Marshall top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Mobula Rays, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, Marine Iguanas, Salema fish, Barracuda, Yellowfin tuna, Parrotfish, Creole fish, Green turtles, Batfish, Galapagos bullhead sharks, Moray eels, Galapagos Sea Lions
Punta Vicente Roca top sea creatures: Sunfish (Mola Mola), Batfish, Frogfish, Salema fish, Bullseye puffer, Hawkfish, Octopus, Port Jackson sharks, Seahorses, Green turtles, Marine Iguanas, Fur Seals, Galapagos penguins, Blue-footed Boobies, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Nudibranchs, Sea sponges, Nazca Boobies, Galapagos Sea Lions
Calipso Dive Liveaboard

Calipso Dive Liveaboard

Punta Vicente Roca top sea creatures: Sunfish (Mola Mola), Batfish, Frogfish, Salema fish, Bullseye puffer, Hawkfish, Octopus, Port Jackson sharks, Seahorses, Green turtles, Marine Iguanas, Fur Seals, Galapagos penguins, Blue-footed Boobies, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Nudibranchs, Sea sponges, Nazca Boobies, Galapagos Sea Lions
Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard

Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard

Cabo Marshall top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Mobula Rays, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, Marine Iguanas, Salema fish, Barracuda, Yellowfin tuna, Parrotfish, Creole fish, Green turtles, Batfish, Galapagos bullhead sharks, Moray eels, Galapagos Sea Lions
Punta Vicente Roca top sea creatures: Sunfish (Mola Mola), Batfish, Frogfish, Salema fish, Bullseye puffer, Hawkfish, Octopus, Port Jackson sharks, Seahorses, Green turtles, Marine Iguanas, Fur Seals, Galapagos penguins, Blue-footed Boobies, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Nudibranchs, Sea sponges, Nazca Boobies, Galapagos Sea Lions
Galapagos Master Liveaboard

Galapagos Master Liveaboard

Punta Vicente Roca top sea creatures: Sunfish (Mola Mola), Batfish, Frogfish, Salema fish, Bullseye puffer, Hawkfish, Octopus, Port Jackson sharks, Seahorses, Green turtles, Marine Iguanas, Fur Seals, Galapagos penguins, Blue-footed Boobies, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Nudibranchs, Sea sponges, Nazca Boobies, Galapagos Sea Lions
Nortada Liveaboard

Nortada Liveaboard

Cabo Marshall top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Mobula Rays, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, Marine Iguanas, Salema fish, Barracuda, Yellowfin tuna, Parrotfish, Creole fish, Green turtles, Batfish, Galapagos bullhead sharks, Moray eels, Galapagos Sea Lions
Punta Vicente Roca top sea creatures: Sunfish (Mola Mola), Batfish, Frogfish, Salema fish, Bullseye puffer, Hawkfish, Octopus, Port Jackson sharks, Seahorses, Green turtles, Marine Iguanas, Fur Seals, Galapagos penguins, Blue-footed Boobies, Flightless Cormorants, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Nudibranchs, Sea sponges, Nazca Boobies, Galapagos Sea Lions

Top liveaboards diving Isabela Island

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving Isabela 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 ( [Boat:9/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Diving:10/10]+ [Food:7/10] + [Drinks:8/10] + [Non-diver:4/10] = 44/60). 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 44/60 = 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 .