Staying Home Sucks, home

Baltra

Dive site · Ecuador

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

76Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 275, good
  2. Tue 374, good
  3. Wed 473, good
  4. Thu 577, good
  5. Fri 676, good
  6. Sat 776, good
  7. Sun 876, good
  8. Mon 977, good
  9. Tue 1076, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Baltra
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov75, good0.4 m9 kn19kn27°C
Tue 3Nov74, good0.4 m13 kn18kn28°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.5 m15 kn19kn27°C
Thu 5Nov77, good0.3 m7 kn13kn27°C
Fri 6Nov76, good0.3 m11 kn14kn28°C
Sat 7Nov76, good0.3 m11 kn14kn27°C
Sun 8Nov76, good0.3 m13 kn17kn28°C
Mon 9Nov77, good0.3 m8 kn12kn28°C
Tue 10Nov76, good0.3 m5 kn12kn27°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:58 −0.6 mHigh 09:05 +0.6 mLow 15:22 −0.7 mHigh 21:54 +0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:15 −0.6 mHigh 10:24 +0.6 mLow 16:38 −0.7 mHigh 23:06 +0.8 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 05:30 −0.7 mHigh 11:40 +0.6 mLow 17:49 −0.7 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Baltra

A reef dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 43 km away. The sea is about 22°C in September, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 27°C in February, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Puerto Ayora.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 43 km away.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul and Nov (about 15 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Puerto Ayora

Closest

Puerto Ayora

about 1h 20m by car · 102 places to stay

about US$47/nightcountry average

See 102 places to stay in Puerto Ayora · Booking.com

About Puerto Ayora its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$47 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.