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Paracas

Peru · Eastern Pacific

Driven by the cold, nutrient-dense Humboldt Current, Paracas offers a uniquely Peruvian diving experience where sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and hammerhead sharks share frigid Pacific waters alongside cold-water corals — earning the region its nickname as the Galapagos of Peru.

Dive sites

Islas Ballestas

south american sea lion · humboldt penguin · peruvian grunt

Lagunillas Reef

pacific seahorse · lacy scorpionfish · south american fur seal

Roja Piedra

scalloped hammerhead shark · common thresher shark · peruvian pelican

La Catedral

orange cup coral · south american sea lion · octopus

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Gear

Basic kit
- Mask and fins
- BCD and regulator
- 7mm wetsuit or drysuit · cold water
- Dive computer