The Galapagos Islands are undisputed as being one of the world’s leading areas for scuba diving. The range of underwater wildlife together with the fact that it is all so close-up makes for some memorable dive experiences!. Recent changes to National Park regulations now prohibit diving on all but a very few expensive, specialist dive yachts and also you have some other options If you are interested in staying in a hotel on Santa Cruz and just do daily dive tours. Here you can find different daily dive tours starting from Santa Cruz to the surrounding dive sites. These dive sites have something to offer for each level of experience. You will reach most of the islands between 1 and 2 hours boat ride.