With a maximum depth of 18m, three easily accessible caves teeming with marine life and the possibility of seeing both ordinary and slipper lobsters, turtles and more Tres Grotes is one of the most popular dive sites.

S.Antao is estimated around 650,ooo tonnes wreck which sank in 1966. She is broken into three sections and lies in 12m of water. The nooks and crannies of the S.Antao provide a home for a variety of sea life and numerous different fish species.

Encounters with big stingrays and nurse shark are frequent

Regona consists of a labyrinth of caverns of various dimensions, connectioned by horseshoe shape tunnels that eventually emerge into open sea. The tunnels and caverns are populated by big fish and crustaceans. 

Buracona is a unique volcanic cove and the most well known on the island. It is a naturally occurring siphon and a roof collapse allows sunlight to shine through creating a tranquil underwater setting with incredible lighting displays and sunbeams.

Located approximately 4km off Sal the diving starts at 14m and continues on down beyond 300m!.

There are many amazing dives to do here depending on experience and qualifications.

It is possible to see moray, tuna fish, marlin, turtles, lobsters, stingray, various mantas and sharks and whale sharks too.

An interesting 28 metre wreck dive

Kwarcit a Russian fishing trawler started life in the late 70s, but when it made its appearance off the coast of Cape Verde it was transporting illegal workers from Senegal.

The Kwarcit was sunk in January 2006. It is upright with the hull intact, and is starting to become an artificial reef  where you can see lot, of different species including: stingray, schools of jack fish, nurse sharks, different crustaceans, endemic nudibranchs and frog fish.

Parts of the wreck are easily penetrable including the holds and the bridge...

Ancora is suitable for all divers. It’s a small wall starting at 16m but full of life.  It has all the tropical fish found around Sal as well as stingray and nurse shark that rest in quite places near the wall.

Navigation time: 15 minutes

Farol offers multi-level diving with three distinct levels. It comprises cracks and gorges that invite exploration.

It is full of assorted crustaceans and a wide variety of moray eels and is the perfect dive to encounter Frog fish

The dive starts on the remains of a steamship that sunk, on the south-west corner of Sal, at the beginning of the 20th century.

It is well broken up and   the only significant reminder is the big boiler that is the starting point of this dive.

The dive goes on through a gorge with a depth of 19m and is home to a huge variety of local sea life.

Pontinha is a wall that starts at 14 m going down to 30 m maximum.

The dive can be divided in two parts, a deep one around 30m and a shallower one, around 20 m.

The wall is full of nooks and crannies that become lairs for many lobster, moray and stingray.

The slope at the bottom of this wall carries on into the deep blue depths, It is possible to observe the big oceanic stingray or hammerhead sharks coming up from the deep blue depths.

Dunas is a shallow wall 12m deep.. From June to December it is possible to meet turtles coming from the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde to reproduce and lay their eggs on the shoreline in front of the dive site.

Champignon is another wall, 14m deep and located a short distance from Dumas.

This is another location for turtles and on occasions can have a visibility of up to 70m.

Stingray and Nurse sharks may also be encountered at this site.

Ponta Preta Funda is a sand bank with a maximum depth of 31m, located on the west of the island.

Between January and April it is here that the song of the humpbacked whale may be heard whilst underwater and the whales themselves seen as you relax on the boat.

From June to November it is common to have encounters with the local turtles or see Tiger sharks (Raggies)

Morro das Pedras is like a cathedral in the desert of a sandy volcanic sea bed.

It is 32m max depth and attracts a great variety of sea life with shark sightings possible throughout the year

Located off the north coast of Sal, Punta Alvacova  is a wall with a maximum depth of 30m.

Along the wall is a small cave reminiscent of the caves at Buracona.

This provides fabulous ambient lighting so appreciated by photographers.