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Wall/Cleaning stationUNESCO World HeritageMarine Protected Area

Cape Marshall

Depth: 10–30 mLevel: Advanced Open WaterJune-November
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The northern point of Isabela with a notable cleaning station for giant Pacific manta rays.

Depth

10–30 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water

Average visibility

15 m

The northern point of Isabela with a notable cleaning station for giant Pacific manta rays.

Protection status

Galápagos National Park (1959) and Galápagos Marine Reserve (extended in 1998 to some 133,000 km²). In 2016 a no-fishing sanctuary was created around Darwin and Wolf; in 2022 the Hermandad Reserve was added, a migratory corridor towards Cocos, Coiba and Malpelo

UNESCO designation

World Heritage Site (Galápagos Islands, one of the first properties inscribed, in 1978; the Marine Reserve was added as an extension in 2001)

Sources consulted: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (ficha 1); Galapagos Travel Center; Columbus Travel; Rebecca Adventure Travel

Location

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Cape Marshall: 22 documented species

Ecosystem

Wall

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Water temperature

21 °C

Current

Moderate

Access

Boat

Best season

June-November

Recommended certification

Advanced Open Water

Approx. price

110 USD / dive

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Best season
June-November
Approx. price
110 USD / dive
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Same country: Ecuador

Ecuador · Galápagos, Isabela
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SkipjackLeast Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

Sally Lightfoot CrabNot Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

Hump CoralNear Threatened

Hump Coral

Porites lobata

Pantropical Spotted DolphinLeast Concern

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Moorish IdolLeast Concern

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

Marine IguanaVulnerable

Marine Iguana

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Galapagos Sea LionEndangered

Galapagos Sea Lion

Zalophus wollebaeki

Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

Killer WhaleEndangered

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

Spot-fin PorcupinefishLeast Concern

Spot-fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

Ocean SunfishVulnerable

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

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