DiveJourneyDiveJourney

Wildlife · Country Guide

Ecuador

View On Map

Wildlife In Ecuador

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots across Ecuador.

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia
Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

4 linked spots

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

4 linked spots

Other Mammals

Sea Lion

4 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

3 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

3 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

3 linked spots

Molluscs

Nudibranch

2 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water
Rays

Stingrays

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spot

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor
Saltwater Fishes

Frogfish

1 linked spot

Rays

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

1 linked spot

white shark under blue sky
Sharks

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spot

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spot

Rays

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

1 linked spot

Silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis ) at Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
Sharks

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

1 linked spot

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it
Sharks

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spot

Sharks

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

1 linked spot