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Bartolome Island Galapagos Ecuador
Near Isla Bartolome, 1 km away. Photo: Bhasker Thodla, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Isla Bartolome

Dive site · Ecuador

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

75Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 179, good
  2. Mon 274, good
  3. Tue 373, good
  4. Wed 473, good
  5. Thu 576, good
  6. Fri 676, good
  7. Sat 776, good
  8. Sun 876, good
  9. Mon 976, good
  10. Tue 1074, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Isla Bartolome
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov79, good0.3 m12 kn21kn27°C
Mon 2Nov74, good0.3 m13 kn17kn28°C
Tue 3Nov73, good0.5 m14 kn21kn28°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.4 m16 kn21kn27°C
Thu 5Nov76, good0.3 m3 kn12kn28°C
Fri 6Nov76, good0.3 m6 kn17kn28°C
Sat 7Nov76, good0.2 mflat9 kn15kn29°C
Sun 8Nov76, good0.2 mflat6 kn13kn28°C
Mon 9Nov76, good0.2 mflat5 kn12kn28°C
Tue 10Nov74, good0.3 m11 kn20kn27°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 01:43 −0.7 mHigh 07:49 +0.7 mLow 14:08 −0.8 mHigh 20:36 +0.8 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:53 −0.6 mHigh 09:01 +0.6 mLow 15:18 −0.7 mHigh 21:49 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:11 −0.6 mHigh 10:20 +0.6 mLow 16:33 −0.7 mHigh 23:01 +0.8 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Isla Bartolome

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 22°C in August, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 27°C in February, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Puerto Ayora.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb, Mar and Apr (about 15 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Puerto Ayora

Closest

Puerto Ayora

101 min by car · 102 places to stay

about US$47/nightcountry average

See 102 places to stay in Puerto Ayora · Booking.com

About Puerto Ayora its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$47 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

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