Islote mosquera,a small,low profile lava islet covered with bleached coral sand, runs north-south in the channel between the northeastern tip of baltra and the southeastern end of north Seymour.
On the sand bottom are white-tipped reef sharks,green turtles,diamond and marble rays,and sea lions.
Daphne Minor , 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.
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.
Islote mosquera,a small,low profile lava islet covered with bleached coral sand, runs north-south in the channel between the northeastern tip of baltra and the southeastern end of north Seymour.
The site at the northheast end of Brtolome is an easy dive that is rarely visited by live- aboards and only occasionally by land- based operatros 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.
