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Academy Bay Diving Guided Day Trips

Academy Bay Diving, Avenue Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

Academy Bay Diving is a locally owned and operated company dedicated to providing excellent customer service throughout the Galapagos Islands.

Dive Galapagos with Academy Bay Diving

Owner and lead dive master Hugo Masaquiza has been a guide and dive master all over the archipelago, developing an in depth knowledge of all dive and tour sites. All of our dive masters and guides speak both spanish and english, and are extremely knowledgeable about the areas they guide.

Galápagos is our home, and we recognise and feel extremely lucky to live here and be a part of this amazing geological and biological Eden. Therefore we are dedicated to the conservation of our home, and the enchanted islands you wish to visit, and those that need to remain for future generations to come.

Through our diving trips, island tours and packages we hope to educate you about the Galapagos wildlife, helping you to understand what makes it so special, and sharing the rugged beauty that is Galapagos.

Dive Galapagos

Named one of the Seven Underwater Wonders of the World by CEDAM international, the Galapagos waters will make you wish that you could somehow shout out through your regulator to your diving partners all the wonders you see.

Imagine a realm where penguins swim in equatorial seas, no one bats an eye at four-eyed fish, and iguanas are found eating their algae meal submerged in the saltwater. Imagine dolphins leaping about in phosphorescent water and becoming the new friend of a playful sea lion pup. Open your eyes... you are imagining diving the Galapagos.

Spoken Languages:

English, Spanish; Castilian

Type of payment:

Creditcard, Cash, Bank_transfer

Guided tours

Guided tours Open Water Diver

2 guided boat dives - 1 day

Duration

1 day

Price per person

€ 172,40

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Add to trip

2 dives, all equipment, lunch, towels, guide, photos of the dive

We have a set weekly itinerary, so your dates will affect the dive site you will go to.
Monday - Floreana
Tuesday - Santa Fe
Wednesday - Seymour & Daphne
Thursday - Gordon Rocks
Friday - Beagle & Guy Fawkes
Saturday - Mosquera & Seymour
Sunday - Gordon Rocks

Please note that dives need to have more than 30 dives experience for Gordon Rocks.

Included in the tour

Dive Guide, Land transport, Full Scuba Gear Hire, Air Tanks, Lunch, Photo's of the dive, Video's of the dive

Reviews

Payment policies

1. Responsibilities
Academy Bay Diving is the direct operator for daily diving services. All land tours, hotels and cruises are contracted through 2nd parties and Academy Bay Diving acts only as an intermediary agent for passengers contracting these tours or hotels.

Academy Bay Diving takes no responsibility for accidents, loss, damage, delay, inconvenience or any other irregularity that may be caused by defects of any vehicle, or through situations of omission, neglect or negligence of any of these secondary companies. Academy Bay Diving also accepts no responsibility for tour or service cancellations by the secondary companies as a result of vandalism, strikes, war, governmental actions, weather conditions, or other factors which imply additional expenses caused by delays, itinerary changes or other causes.

Academy Bay Diving reserves the right to accept or reject any request for reservation of any passenger, any tour or package tour or to cancel or change a tour package, if circumstances so warrant. The application of any requested service to our company will be understood as a consent to these conditions.

2. Prices and Rates
All prices and rates are in US dollars and are subject to change without notice, until payment has been made and proper confirmation of availability.

Prices and rates of tourist packages are per person, on a double occupancy standard room at all hotels. Rates and fees do not include extras, tips, airport taxes, airfares (unless otherwise indicated), excess baggage or any other item not specified in the tour program.

3. Itinerary
The itineraries are planned with great care, although, for operational reasons, it may be necessary to change the order of activities in the itinerary or the specified route, and though such cases are rare, in general the itinerary should be treated only as a basic guide.

The company reserves the right to make unannounced changes to the order of the excursions or trips due to weather conditions, ocean tides, time of arrival or departure of aircraft, buses or boats, or for any other relevant reason , to complete all activities stated in the tour package or diving tour.

4. Reservations
All reservations are subject to confirmation until full receipt of full payment for services. Or in such case as to have reached a point agreement between the company and the customer, the reservation can be confirmed with a partial payment of 40% for daily diving tours and packages with hotels standard, and 65% for packages with higher end or luxury hotels or cruises. However, the balance must be paid before commencement of services.

Payment for our services can only be done as stated in our methods of payment. Once the tour package booking is confirmed with customer by e-mail with a service voucher, the tour or package is guaranteed, unless cancellation arise due to reasons stated under the heading of responsibilities which are totally unrelated to the company.

The confirmation of the hotels are subject to availability, if your specified hotel has no space you will be given another hotel of similar category and price.

5. Payment Policy
All tours or packages must be paid in full 15 days before the commencement of the tour or package, unless otherwise arranged with Academy Bay Diving.

If booking cruises, some companies require payment in full 90 before cruise departure, you will be notified of this requirement during the reservation process.

Receiving deposits and payments in Ecuador is not as easy as one might think. We are not able to charge anything with only your credit card number (the card and yourself need to be here in person and swiped through the machine), and the bank fees here for international transfers and credit card machines are very high compared with many western countries. Therefore the methods of payment we are able to accept are the following.

Deposit Payment Methods:

Bank deposit to Ecuador OR USA account $20 fee.
Sending money by Western Union or Money Gram.
Credit Card via PAYPAL (+ 5%) unless the fee has been included in the cost, please check with Academy Bay Diving.
Payments in our offices:

Cash.
Credit Card VISA and MASTERCARD (+ 8% fee).
6. Documentation
The passenger is responsible for having a valid passport or other travel documents and visas according to their nationality accepted by the laws of the governments of the countries you are visiting. To make reservations Academy Bay Diving will require the following information for each passenger: Full Name, Passport Number, Nationality, Age, Sex. Please advise allergies, diseases, conditions, food preferences, etc.

7. Luggage
The weight limit accepted in domestic air flights and ground service is 20 kg. (44 lb.), free of extra charge. The passenger is responsible for their luggage and any claim for loss or theft will have to do directly to the transport operator.

8. Obligations
If a service can not be provided by an error, failure or fault attributable directly to the operator of the service, Academy Bay Diving will try to do their best to provide a solution of equal value to the service not provided. Any claim regarding any services not provided during the trip will only be accepted if this is done, in writing, within seven days after completion of the trip. Cancellations, returns and refunds of money will be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Policies Cancellation, Return & Refund.

9. Policy Cancellations, Returns & Refunds
Individual passengers and passengers in groups:

a) Cancellations 60 days prior 15% penalty
b) Cancellation 45 days prior 25% penalty
c) Cancellation 35-15 days prior 65% penalty
d) Cancellations less than 15 days no refund unless specified otherwise by Academy Bay Diving

Certain services may be interrupted or may be canceled due to weather conditions, force majeure, or others beyond the control of the hotels, airlines, suppliers or the same agency. The supplier of the service retains the right to NOT return or refund as a result of such interruptions or cancellations beyond their control, but all efforts wil be made to refund the customer or offer a similar tour or package.

Note: Certain suppliers have more stringent cancellation policies regarding groups or cruises. Therefore, when reserving groups or cruises, please ask for specific cancellation policies.

During the high season, our company reserves the right to alter cancellation policies, if our suppliers should apply penalties to those listed above.