Baltra Northeast (Checkout dive)

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Baltra Northeast (Checkout dive)

Northeast Baltra is the dive site off the northeast point of Baltra, the island of the main Galápagos airport. On a dive cruise it is the first dive of the trip, on the afternoon you arrive: the check-out dive, where the guides check everyone's weights, buoyancy and equipment before the bigger dives in the north.

The dive is an easy drift along a rocky slope with lava formations, in the rich channel between Baltra, Mosquera and North Seymour. The current is usually mild but can pick up. Sea lions often come to look at the divers, white-tipped reef sharks rest on the bottom, and green sea turtles, stingrays, eagle rays and schools of reef fish are common; now and then a Galápagos shark or a hammerhead passes in deeper water.

It is a good chance to get used to the wetsuit, the cooler water of the Galápagos and the hand signals of your guide before the strong currents of Darwin and Wolf.

Highlights

• Rich Marine Life