A cute video has emerged of a penguin pecking at a camera off the coast of the Galápagos.

The footage, shot by a diver last week, shows the bird approaching the camera and trying to snatch it.

"I was snorkelling on Isabela Island in the Galápagos with my camera. I saw a Galápagos penguin swimming in the distance and it was heading straight towards me," the filmer wrote online.

"Suddenly it was right in front of me and it started pecking at my camera before swimming off!" he added.