We grew up between the glamour of family heirloom photos of Dr. Hans and Lotte Hass using pure oxygen rebreathers in the Galapagos during their expedition in 1954 and the harsh reality of seeing our family entrepreneurs as dive operators in the 80s and 90s.

 

We heard tales about our grandfather sailing 120nm at 8 knots with prefilled scuba cylinders for a week of air dives with eight people. We saw our uncles painfully fill tanks one psi at a time for hours. Sometimes we helped.

 

So when everyone said, "Galapagos is not a place for Rebreathers; you don't need that here. It's too complicated and too expensive. No one will pay you to do that here; it's unnecessary. Open Circuit is good enough. It's too much work. You are going to die." We knew better.

 

We knew we had the work ethic, business acumen, and technical skills needed to create a world-class rebreather diving enterprise and succeed.

 

And so we did.

 

In 2009 we enlisted the help of family, friends, and business partners. Not everyone believed in the mission; some 'just' believed in us and wanted to help. 

 

We lost friends along the way, as happens when you are long enough in technical diving.

 

But we made it happen. And now it's a thing —a thing for you to live and enjoy.

  • Jorge A. Mahauad

    FOUNDER

    Jorge is the founder of Galapagos Rebreathers way back in the early 2009s. His dreams of exploring the island and its wonders made him find a way of making it all possible. Devoted his whole career to scuba diving to develop rebreather diving in the Galapagos. Probably the first person able to provide full independent support for rebreather divers in Galapagos and the whole country. Here we are more than 10 years later working to keep his legacy.

  • Javier A. Mahauad

    CEO - GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE CCR DIVE GUIDE

    Javier started diving very early at 14 and quickly developed a passion for being underwater. Under the guidance and training of Jorge and other great mentors, he expanded his knowledge and kept training in technical diving and CCRs. He is the most experienced CCR guide in the Galapagos Islands and constantly participates in projects requiring diving in CCR. Javier is now the owner of Galapagos Rebreathers and works as a safety diver in CCR for wildlife camera operators and freelance guiding on liveaboards in the Galapagos. In his free time, he collaborates with the Charles Darwin Foundation, tagging hammerhead sharks utilizing rebreathers.

  • Eduardo Mahauad

    NATURALIST GUIDE + CCR DIVE GUIDE

    Eduardo is our passionate Naturalist on our trips, always sharing his fascination with nature with our guests. He’s been guiding and teaching in the Galapagos for the last 10 years, working in different areas like Naturalist Excursions, Dive Center manager, and dive instructor. He knows about the Galapagos' human and natural history, which becomes his added value for our team. He works actively as a Naturalis and Dive guide thought the year in Galapagos.