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Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Wreck/Volcanic reef
Depth: 10–30 mLevel: Open WaterAll year round
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Volcanic Atlantic islands with wrecks and one of the few bull shark areas in the eastern Atlantic.

Depth

10–30 m

Recommended level

Open Water

Average visibility

20 m

Location

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Cape Verde (Sal Island): 43 documented species

Ecosystem

ReefWreckVolcanic

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Same country: Cabo Verde

Same country: Cabo Verde

Same type of dive: Reef, Wreck

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Water temperature

24 °C

Current

Moderate

Access

Boat

Best season

All year round

Recommended certification

Open Water

Approx. price

55 USD / dive

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Best season
All year round
Approx. price
55 USD / dive
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Same type of dive: Reef, Wreck

Cabo Verde · Central Atlantic
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Blue MarlinVulnerable

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Greater ArgonautLeast Concern

Greater Argonaut

Argonauta argo

Little TunnyLeast Concern

Little Tunny

Euthynnus alletteratus

Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Great BarracudaLeast Concern

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

SkipjackLeast Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

Red ScorpionfishLeast Concern

Red Scorpionfish

Scorpaena scrofa

Risso's DolphinLeast Concern

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

Portuguese Man-of-warNot Evaluated

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

Mediterranean Slipper LobsterData Deficient

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides latus

Striped DolphinLeast Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Pantropical Spotted DolphinLeast Concern

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

See all 43 species found here
Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks

See dive site
Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks

See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

Up to 30 m · Open Water

Reef fish · octopus

See dive site
CountryCabo Verde
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