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Ecuador Wildlife | DiveJourney

Wildlife · Country Guide

🇪🇨Ecuador

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Plan + Spots
Wildlife

Wildlife In Ecuador

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

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

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

13 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

13 linked spots

Photo of Sea Lion

Sea Lion

8 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

7 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

7 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

7 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

7 linked spots

Photo of Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

5 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

5 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

4 linked spots

Photo of Scalloped Hammerhead

saltwater-fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

4 linked spots

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

3 linked spots

Photo of Ocean Sunfish

saltwater-fishes

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

3 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

2 linked spots

dolphin in body of water

Bottlenose Dolphin

2 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor

saltwater-fishes

Frogfish

2 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

2 linked spots

Photo of Pufferfish

saltwater-fishes

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae

2 linked spots

Photo of Reef Manta Ray

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

2 linked spots

Photo of Common Seahorse

seahorses-and-pipefishes

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

1 linked spots

brown octopus swimming under the sea

Cuttlefish

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spots

Photo of Guitarfish

Guitarfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Olive Ridley Turtle

Olive Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

1 linked spots

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

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

1 linked spots

Photo of Tuna

saltwater-fishes

Tuna

1 linked spots

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

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spots