🇨🇴Colombia

Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Nov 8, 2026.

• DiveJourney public Colombia directory - Native public destination discovery returned all six country guides. The filtered website directory could not be independently read by the web crawler during this research; do not infer a missing guide from that crawler error.
• DiveJourney: Cartagena and the Rosario Islands - Public destination API confirmed the country, English guide and canonical URL; direct crawler availability was intermittent.
• DiveJourney: Santa Marta, Taganga and Tayrona Coast - Public destination API returned a published English guide and current local closures; direct crawler availability was intermittent.
• DiveJourney: San Andres - Confirmed by public destination API and a successful public webpage opening; covers San Andres separately from Providencia.
• DiveJourney: Providencia and Santa Catalina - Public destination API confirmed English guide and canonical country link; direct crawler availability was intermittent.
• DiveJourney: Gorgona Island - Public destination API confirmed English guide and canonical country link; direct crawler availability was intermittent.
• DiveJourney: Malpelo - Public destination API confirmed English guide and canonical country link; direct crawler availability was intermittent.
• Colombia Travel: national diving guide - ProColombia overview contrasting Caribbean and Pacific diving, including Malpelo experience and seasonal framing.
• Colombia Travel: practical information - Official tourism guidance on national electricity, plugs and broader trip planning.
• PNN: Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo - Protected reef activities, access, park requirements and fee scope; posted San Bernardo charge must not be imputed to Rosario.
• PNN: mandatory Rosario visitor insurance in 2026 - June 2026 park statement confirming mandatory visitor accident policy separate from entry fee.
• PNN: Tayrona visitor guide - Current park visitor access, marine sectors, 2026 fee table and three recurring closure periods.
• PNN: October-November 2026 Tayrona closure - October 2026 notice setting the October 19-November 2 closure and announced November 3 resumption.
• PNN: Gorgona visitor guide - Current authorized access, Guapi connection, visitor fees and July-October humpback window.
• PNN: Gorgona lodging and food suspended - Official park statement on no land-based visitor overnight stays and continuing authorized vessel-based dives.
• PNN: Malpelo sanctuary visitor guide - Authoritative advanced/35-logged-dive threshold, safety gear, authorized operators, liveaboard route, fees and restrictions.
• UNESCO: Malpelo World Heritage - Evidence of the sanctuary's shark aggregations, no-fishing protection and outstanding Pacific pelagic ecology.
• PNN: Old Providence McBean Lagoon - Managed park access, published admission categories and protected reef context.
• PNN: temporary Crab Cay closure - September 18, 2026 park notice on closure of Crab Cay and surrounding waters to planned December 17 reopening.
• SATENA: Providencia flight - Carrier page advertising San Andres to Providencia air service; live schedules and seat inventory require booking verification.
• Freedive Colombia: AIDA instruction - San Andres operator first-party site documenting AIDA instruction and coached depth programs; schedules unverified.
• Migracion Colombia: Check-Mig - Current government explanation: free and optional, within 72 hours to 1 hour before travel.
• Migracion Colombia: entry and exit - Nationality-specific legal entry formalities and recommended free preregistration.
• Colombian Ministry of Health: traveler vaccination - Yellow-fever risk varies by municipality; vaccination and documentation should be checked for travel to high-risk zones.
• IDEAM: 2026 Caribbean tropical-cyclone season - Government 2026 hurricane-season dates and maritime-weather monitoring context.
• U.S. Department of State: Colombia security advisory - 2026 country security advice, remote Pacific department warnings, entry facts and national emergency number.
• U.K. FCDO: Colombia entry rules - Passport, visa, Check-Mig, San Andres card and region-specific vaccination checks, especially for British passport holders.
• U.K. FCDO: Colombia safety and security - Specific crime, unlicensed taxi and road-transfer precautions.
• Colombian Navy: maritime emergency 146 - Official maritime emergency hotline announcement, including Caribbean/Pacific response routing.
• Divers Alert Network: diving emergency hotline - Confirms 24/7 English and Spanish dive-medical emergency lines.
• DAN: emergency response and medical evacuation - Call local EMS first; then seek dive-medicine assistance and insurer-organized evacuation coordination.
• CORALINA: Seaflower marine protected areas - Official archipelago environmental authority on marine protection and zoned visitor use.
• CORALINA: black crab closed season - Official April 1 to July 31 closed season for the archipelago's protected black crab.
• PNN: Tayrona hawksbill nesting conservation - Park documents a typical April to November nesting season; not a guaranteed visitor encounter.
• Country hero photo by Beatriz Jurgenfeld - Unsplash License. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@jurgenfeldatelie | Location: San Andrés, Colombia