Academy Bay Diving is a family owned and run business dedicated to providing our customers with an amazing and safe dive experience in the Wonderful Galapagos Marine Reserve.
Muito boa! Galápagos é um lugar imperdível!
Fiz mergulho recreativo com a Academy Bay e fui muito bom. Equipe atenciosa e conhecedora dos pontos de mergulho. Recomendo.
We value the guiding (by Leo and Byron) highly: They are easy going extremely competent dive guides who bridge the gap between different levels of diving and make sure everybody has the best diving experience on the dive sites. The chosen sites are fantastic, from hammerheads, different kinds of sharks (also Galapagos sharks) to diving in a bait ball, Galapagos holds its promises.The crew on the appealing speed boat are excellent and very helpful when getting ready to jump into the water. The team in the office offer to book transfers and non-diving day trips to other islands (in small groups in cooperation with a local company, book in advance to save money). We recommend diving with Academy Bay Diving and Leo and Byron!
I thought I already sent a review :) so one more time!
During the trip to Floreana we weren't provided water, fins and towels. It was described differently. We felt rushed through the activities. No opportunity to change clothes before 2 hour speed boat ride.
We had just two opportunities to snorkel during our trip to Pinzon. In the description 3 snorkeling opportunities were mentioned. The guide said its always two.
We had no pick up in Isabela, we had to find our guide by ourself. No water, no opportunity to change clothes before a two hour speed boat ride. I paid 70$ more for this trip than other people on the same trip!!!
Other operators paid for water taxis and entrance fees. And they were cheaper! It was the same tour, we had to pay extra, they didnt.
Lovely trip on the boat, with very friendly and helpful crew. Great snacks and a delicious lunch.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and provided a really interesting tour around North Seymour. The highlight of which was a pair of dancing Blue-footed Boobies.
Finally we had a lovely time swimming and snorkelling off a beautiful white sand beach.
All in all a lovely day.
What a great week of diving with the Academy Bay team!
The equipment provided was top notch, and I appreciated how safe I felt throughout the week with thorough briefings each day before every dive.
Shoutout to the team (Angel, Omar, Byron, Javier, Steve) for an incredible week of diving!!
acabamos de regresar de Galápagos conde realizamos seis increíbles días de buceos... por lejos los mejores en 20 años. Tanto por los hermosos lugares y fauna de la isla y alrededores, por sus equipos de primera calidad y sobre todo por sus guías y todo el personal del centro. Es increíble como aman su isla y como transmiten todo lo que saben de su fauna e historia.
gracias Alex, Jimmy y Santiago