Eastern Pacific

Galápagos, Cocos, Socorro — hammerhead schools, mantas and big pelagic action on remote seamounts.

Species cataloged: 597

Water temperature

18-28°C

Visibility

15-30 m

Best diving season

Jun-Nov

Top dive destinations

Galápagos, Cocos Island, Socorro

Species in this zone

• Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
• Tursiops truncatus - Common bottlenose dolphin
• Pterois volitans - Red lionfish
• Manta birostris - Giant oceanic manta ray
• Chelonia mydas - Green sea turtle
• Ginglymostoma cirratum - Nurse Shark
• Holacanthus ciliaris - Queen angelfish
• Acanthurus coeruleus - Blue tang surgeonfish
• Rhincodon typus - Whale shark
• Triaenodon obesus - Whitetip reef shark
• Synanceia verrucosa - Reef stonefish
• Epinephelus itajara - Atlantic goliath grouper
• Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill turtle
• Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
• Mobula tarapacana - Sicklefin devil ray
• Seriola dumerili - Greater amberjack
• Velella velella - By-the-wind sailor
• Percnon gibbesi - Sally lightfoot crab
• Callinectes sapidus - Atlantic blue crab
• Lutjanus colorado - colorado snapper
• Pagrus pagrus - Common seabream
• Mugil cephalus - Flathead grey mullet
• Bothus lunatus - Peacock flounder
• Bodianus rufus - Spanish hogfish
• Echidna catenata - Chain moray
• Gymnothorax funebris - Green moray
• Gymnothorax moringa - Spotted moray
• Sphyraena barracuda - Great barracuda
• Thalassoma bifasciatum - Bluehead wrasse
• Aetobatus narinari - Spotted eagle ray