Barranco is located in the academy bay of Santa Cruz Island. We start from the main port in 20 minutes we arrive at the diving place, the edge of Santa Cruz Island is a coast full of marine life.
Punta Estrada, just on the western side of academy bay, is an excellent spot for snorkeling, in addition to diving. On the east side of the point, a narrow canal extends back into the mangroves.
Is an islet at the entrance to Academy Bay that is visited only by day boats out of Puerto Ayora. The current enters the bay from the south and flows past the front of Caamaño from west to east.
Located next to the Lobería, 15 minutes from Puerto Ayora, the Bajo is a diving spot to go a little deeper, this site has a maximum depth of 40 meters.
Site conditions: it is a very protected place ideal for diving courses and really for all levels of diving average depth of 18 meters is a sand platform. Cleaning station, sea lions, Galapagos sharks, and more.
Along the east coast of Mosquera, the large rocks near the island form a slope of boulders that descends to depths of between 6 and 15 feet. In this area, look for large diamondback and marble rays.
Visibility is greatly affected by the current, the stronger the current the cleaner the water. For your safety, stop holding on to a rock because the water flow speeds up at the top of the shallow part of the reef.
A tuff cone (giant pile of compressed volcanic ash shaped like a cone), sits off the north coast of Santa Cruz, west of Baltra and North Seymour. The dive site is on the west side of the islet.
North Seymour is on the northeast corner of Santa Cruz, north of Baltra and Mosquera, and this dive follows its east coast. The current comes from the east and southeast.
Punta Carrion is located behind Santa Cruz Island, between Baltra Island and Santa Cruz is the Itabaca Channel. A very quiet place good for diving before diving in an advanced place.
The prevailing currents come from the southeast after they wrap around the corner of Floreana and are usually moderate, but occasionally they can be quite strong. Normally.
Gordon Rocks one of the best dive sites in the central islands, is on the northeast side of Santa Cruz not far from south Plaza. It is a partially eroded crater at the top of a tuff cone.
The site at the northeast end of Bartolome is an easy dive that is rarely visited by live- aboard and only occasionally by land- based operators from Santa Cruz.
Many live-aboard dive itineraries begin the first full day in the Galapagos with two morning dives at a small, inhospitable-looking islet named Cousins Rock. A small portion of the outer edge of an old.
