Your Travel Experience with Galapagos PRO
Seymour
North of Santa Cruz Island sit two eroded cones– the Daphne’s. At the smaller (Daphne Minor) we dive along a cliff wall with hidden treasures, a rocky and sandy bottom across an incline that slopes below us like a pyramid wall. While diving at North Seymour you will see a variety of marine life like White and black tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, sea lions, if you are particularly lucky you can see all of these predators hunting the large schools of black-striped salemas and sardines along with blue footed boobies diving for their share! We also find turtles, yellow fin tuna, sting rays, eagle rays, marbled rays, barracudas, jewel morays, large schools of king angelfish and much more. Located between the islands of Baltra and North Seymor, Mosquera is a rocky and coral reef. Due to the geological shifts, Mosquera is only 160 meters wide at its narrowest point. This island is home to one of the largest sea lion populations, as well as numerous shorebirds. Under normal conditions, there are no strong currents. The sandy bottom at a depth of about 10 meters, where eels and other marine life like to dwell, merges into a sandy-rocky area and is connected to the Seymour Canal. Keep an eye out for hammer head sharks and the garden eels that pop their heads out of the ground and disappear down their burrow as you approach! Also found in the area are black tip and white tip reef sharks, sea lions, turtles, barracudas, sting rays, eagle rays, mobula rays, Galápagos eels and a variety of reef fish and invertebrates.
Dive Levels: Beginner / Intermediate / Professional
Requirements for diving in the Galapagos:
- Diving license of an internationally recognized diving school (PADI, NAUI, CMAS, SSI etc.)
- Application form, fully completed and signed
IMPORTANT NOTES: The route may be changed by order of the Galapagos National Park without prior warning. Depending on visibility and flow conditions, only one of the two listed dive sites will be approached.