Advice on Diving in Colombia

... is the best time to dive Gorgona Island, with comfortable water temperatures of around 28 degrees Celsius. From January to March water temperatures go down to 15 to 23 degrees Celsius. Malpelo Island is the highlight of Colombia diving and even offers some of the most spectacular diving in the world. Located far off the Colombian coast and only accessible by liveaboard, this volcanic rock structure has walls that drop down to 4000 meters, and is also nicknamed ‘the Mount Everest of sharks’. Attracting different shark species, this site is highly unpredictable and diving conditions change al...