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Manta June 2010! First meeting of the season with big pelagic species. During a dive at Choclassa, a great manta of 2.5 metres accompanied us throughout the dive. It caused great excitement among the divers.
Cavala, and a fantastic meeting with a two metres long bull shark.
Launch of the Joker As expected, the caboverdediving fleet has increased. Here are some pictures of the Joker, a new 150 hp boat with Yamaha motor, during its launch in the Bay at Sal Murdeira
The caboverdediving centre is renewed! started the restoration and renovation of the dive center. Here are some pictures of the work in progress.
New boat in March 2010 Caboverdediving's fleet grows with another Rib provided for divers. The boat is a 7m Yoker Yamaha 150hp 4 stroke engine that can comfortably carry 10 divers plus guides. This great new addition to our dive school will arrive here in late April.
See you soon Peter! March 2010 Thanks to Peter Simoni who cooperated with us by giving us a hand in recent months. Please come back soon. 
New entry February 2010 From March 2010 the dive centres equipment was been enriched by the provision of Cressi 5mm wetsuits in a variety of sizes The dive staff have been very impressed with the new suits and we think all visiting divers will agree. Whale season starts in January 2010
Every year during the winter months starting in January through to early spring humpback whales often accompanied by their calves can be seen in the waters around the Island of Sal. We have already seen a couple of whales from the dive boat. Sometimes they can even be seen from shore as the deeper waters around the Island are only a few hundred meters from the coast. Underwater sightings are rare although on many dives it is possible to hear them “singing”. On some rare occasions where they are seen during a dive it is impossible to describe the emotions felt.
Operation Turtle Rescue November 2009
We have been involved in an operation to rescue a turtle that incredibly was dying from asphyxia. Unlike fish turtles have to surface to breathe. Sometimes turtles become trapped inside caves with exits blocked which causes them to die from asphyxiation. During a dive in the cave of Regona a group of divers, led by dive master Góis discovered a caretta turtle which has now become affectionately named, Alice. She was clearly disorientated and unable to find her way out. Góis realizing the urgency of the situation immediately took her towards the exit where she swam quickly to the surface to breathe. Every year we see dead turtles in this and other caves so this year we are happy that at least one, Alice, was saved. The history of Kwarcit-Boris
Kwarcit-Boris was a Russian ship carrying illegal immigrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands.The boat was reaching the end of its life and moving off the island of Sal in Cabo Verde. As it left the island its engines became seriously damaged and it was towed into the port of Palmeira, where it was possible to rescue the passengers and crew members. After careful analysis it was clear that the ship was no longer suitable for any kind of navigation and in agreement with the Harbour on the island of Sal they decided to sink the ship and create an artificial reef. So after stripping the vessel of any dangerous material, on 26 January 2006 the ship was sunk at the tip of the island on the southwest. The wreck has been left clearly visible standing upright on the seabed. The Kwarcit-Boris now sits in full glory for all explorers to view at a minimum depth of 18m down to a maximum of 30m. The wreck measures 35m in length. After more than four years the ship has been completely colonized by marine life and is now a dive amongst the most beautiful in the area and continues to attract all divers.
News October 2009 Take home a picture souvenir of your diving in Cape Verde! Rent a digital camera at our diving center. Only 20 euros per day including your own personal CD.   Special promotion PADI Advanced Course:
5 dives (deep dive, underwater navigation, drift dive, wreck dive, underwater photography) + 1 free dive PADI Certification with diving equipment and underwater camera are included 280 euro.   Saturday, September 12th OCEAN CLEAN UP DAY at the Playa de Santa Maria in Sal. In Collaboration with other diving centre’s and voluntary associations with assistance from the Camera Municipal de Sal ( Dr. Jorge Euclides). We collected rubbish left on the seabed and beaches of Santa Maria. A big thank you to everyone who attended, good job!    September 2009 Turtles die of suffocation: During the last dive in the “ Langosta verde” Cave we found the remains of two turtles. The poor creatures, probably entered the cave during the night, lost their bearings and died through suffocation. Their shells will remain in the cave.   September 2009
During an amazing dive on Choclassa we met a huge ocean manta ray. We sighted it from the surface and it accompanied us circling around us for over half the dive. Fantastic!! August 2009 unexpected meeting
For two weeks six huge stingrays stationed themselves at the caves of Regona. These fantastic animals were on the bottom, side by side, creating an enormous living carpet. During the penetration of the caves the stingrays followed us throughout the dive. Friday 3 July 2009 Last week, the turtles began to lay their eggs in the beaches of Sal.
The season has officially begun! The first four nests were encountered by www.sostartarugas.org rangers.  
Sunday 22 March We meet three frog fish face with face and we ask help from marine biologists to explain their behavior.
We sighted a humpack whale with the baby and between one dive and the other we followed the whales with the us on the rib. It was an unforgettable meeting.Tuesday 10 March Sunday 01 March
Discovered an archaeological semi-sand stone like a trailer per gun, continuing operations for the recovery.   News from Cape verde We are pleased to report that from March 2009 our new web site from Cabo verde diving is on-line.
As you can see it has a new graphics structure and have made changes and updates to improve, simplify and expand the information and clarify our activities.
Thanks to all friends who have helped us achieve the new web-site: Angels, Natalie, Pam, Marina, Terry, Antonio, Marco.
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