Diving Seymour and Mosquera
Two dives with sharks and diversity of marine fauna.
At 7 a.m. the taxi pick up us in the hotel, and we cross the island from south to north until Itabaca Channel. Hhere we board the diving Yacht Nautilus. We cruise for about 50 minutes by the west side of Baltra Island, while the guides give us dive and safety breefing and organize dive groups. Here we check the diving equipment on board. For the new divers are some videos on diving techniques, knowledge review. Good time to review in detail our dive gear and buddy dive.
Entering the Channel, the waters become more clear turquoise, betraying the sandy bottom with scattered rocks. The Nautilus motorssilort anchors in a site near diving entry. The two inflatable boats are ready to receive us. But first, sailors down to boats our SCUBA equipment. Then we descend by order taking with us our suit, weights, mask, booties and fins. Also our personal equipment as computer and video camera.
Once everyone is in the inflatable boat, the guide is ready to help us to don the SCUBA untit and take us to the place of entry. We can see on the cliff the hexagonal volcanic formations produced during cooling called "organ pipes" and abundant sea birds flying around.
We entry the dive down to the sandy platform with abundant white tip sharks called tintoreras here. On the rocks, groups of reef fish are concentrated. Among the stones you can find the moreen eel, and anywhere the eagle rays and sea turtles. Hammerhead sharks can be also seen through the deepest part. If there is some current, this takes you into the channel so the exits are well safe.
The inflatable boat picks us up near our exit, and once the whole group is out, we head to the Nautilus motorsailor. Once on board the boat, and during the minimum surface interval of one hour, we have some snacks, drinks, and we can freely prepare coffee or tea in the cafeteria of the boat.
We get ready for the second dive in Mosquera, also a platform sloping sand underwater. We descend divided into groups, and do the second dive of about 45 minutes, to possibly find the Hammerhead sharks, and other large marine animals.
At the end of diving activities we have a box lunch in the Nautilus Yacht lounge. Now after the dives we navigate to Itabaca Channel, where we took taxis to head to our hotel in Puerto Ayora
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What's Included?
- Activities according to the package booked:
- Snorkeling: 2 snorkeling sessions
- Discovery Scuba: 1 dive y 1 snorkeling session
- Certified Diver: 2 dives
- Transfers
- From your hotel to Nautilus Yacht
- From Nautilus Yacht to your hotel
- Full set of dive equipment
- Regulator with octopus
- Pressure gauge
- Depth gauge
- BCD
- Wetsuit 7 m/m
- Booties
- Mask
- Fins
- Aluminium air tanks S80
- Weight belts
- Food and drink
- Snack
- Box lunch
- Coffee, tee and water
- Insurance
- Passenger Insurance on board
- Liability Insurance release
- Experienced Diving Nat.Park certified Guides
- Activities according to the package booked:
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What it is not included?
- Dive computer
- 15 liter dive tank
- Nitrox 32%
- Tips
- Diving insurance
- Soft Drinks
- Beers
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Seymour Canal
North Seymour is a small island located north of Baltra, suitable for all levels of divers, has a sandy bottom where you can see colonies of garden eels, sea turtles, sea lions, eagle rays, hammerhead sharks, shark edge white, Galapagos sharks. If you are not certified and want to have an experience with Galapagos marine animals, then you do an introductory scuba dive or discovery the inner part of North Seymour Canal where is a maximum depth of 10 meters and sandy bottom.
Certified divers do the dives in Seymour North Island at a depth of 18-22mts with low to medium current, and this is where it is more likely to sight the hammerheads.
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Seymour Nordest
The Northeast coast of North Seymour Island, is a very good place for sharks and large pelagic fish, sea lions, stingrays, eagle rays, moray eels and many fish attracted by the current. The sea bottom is very steepy, with some platforms and small caves where white tip reef sharks and sea turtles usually rest. It is important to stay with the partner and avoid separated from the group, since the currents can be medium to strong, especially in the most extreme point of the route. The exit in this dive is in open ocean, so it is recommended to strictly follow the buddy system.
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Mosquera South
It consists of a sandy sloping platform from 10 to 25 meters deep, and after a ravine from which you can see the next platform at 40 meters and this continues down up to1400 meters of depth. For this reason this dive site is very good for large pelagic fish amd mammals feeding in the depths of Galapagos. It is also common schooling hammerheads arriving to be cleaned. The maximum diving depth is 25 meters and is made along the top line of the submarine cliff. Here you can see sea lions, garden eels, moray eels, white tip reef, Galapagos sharks, turtles, eagle rays, hammerheadsharks and mobulas. Rare Tiger Shark.
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Mosquera North
It consists of white sand bottom between 12 and 25 meters deep where we find numerous garden eels, some large Galapagos sharks plus sea lions, garden eels, turtles, eagle rays. In the last part of this dive you went through a formation of volcanic rocks and sand with many colorful reef fish and white tip reef sharks. Here it may be a bit of current.
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Itinery
- 07:00 Meetpoint Nautidiving Dive Shop or your Hotel
- 08:00 Arrive at Itabaca Channel and Nautilus boarding
- 08:45 Breefing and check equipment
- 10:00 First dive
- 11:00 Snak
- 12:00 Second dive
- 13:00 Box lunch
- 15:30 Arrive at Puerto Ayora
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Schedule to Seymour and Mosquera
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Seymour Seymour Canal Seymour Noreast Seymour Canal Seymour Noreast Mosquera Mosquera South Mosquera North Mosquera South Mosquera North Gordon Rocks Gordon Rocks Gordon Rocks Daphne Minor Daphne Minor Daphne Minor