Galápagos, Ecuador
Gordon Rocks
A sunken crater in the Galápagos with hammerheads, eagle rays and sea lions.
About the dive
Gordon Rocks is a beginner to advanced dive site in Galápagos, Ecuador. Divers have logged 2,730 dives here, going to 24 m on average in around 12 m of visibility. 16 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are great hammerhead, green turtle and eagle rays. Sightings peak in January, March and May.
- Level
- Beginner–Advanced
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 24 m
- Visibility
- 12 m
- Dive time
- 43 min
- Logged dives
- 2,730
- Busiest months
- Jan · Mar · May
- Region
- Eastern Galapagos Islands
Most sighted here
Great hammerhead
Green TurtlePhoto: National Marine Sanctuaries · CC0
Eagle raysPhoto: Daniel Torobekov · CC0
StingraysPhoto: Corentin Largeron · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Gordon Rocks and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great hammerhead | ||||||||||||
| Green Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Eagle rays | ||||||||||||
| Stingrays | ||||||||||||
| Whitetip reef shark | ||||||||||||
| Scalloped hammerhead | ||||||||||||
| Sea lions | ||||||||||||
| Oceanic Blacktip Shark | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Ocean Sunfish | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Reef Manta Ray | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Wrasses | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish |
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