Galápagos Shark Diving picked up two notable pieces of industry recognition within about a year of each other, per the company's own published announcements. In December 2022, the operation was named Scuba Diving Centre of the Year in the South America 2022/23 Prestige Awards, a program that judges entrants on service quality, product standards, innovation, value, ethical and sustainable working methods, and consistency of performance over time. The award announcement noted the company's founding in 2017 by Jenny Green, its dual operating base spanning the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador and Cocos Island in Costa Rica, a July-to-October operating season, small groups capped at 15 divers, a choice of 8-day or 15-day itineraries, and guiding offered in English, German, Spanish, and French.
Roughly a year later, in September 2023, TripAdvisor named Galápagos Shark Diving a 2023 Travelers' Choice Award winner in its scuba diving and shark diving attractions category. The distinction is based on a business's volume and consistency of strong traveler reviews over the preceding twelve months, and recipients land among the top 10% of all listings on the platform worldwide. In comments tied to that year's awards, TripAdvisor's Chief Growth Officer John Boris pointed to renewed post-pandemic travel demand as having made competition for the award tougher than in prior years. Together, the two awards reflect recognition from both a regional tourism-industry panel and a global consumer review platform, arriving within the same stretch of the company's growth.