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Cape Verde
Lighthouse São Nicolau is a beautiful dive site that takes its name from the Ponta do Barril lighthouse at Tarrafal de São Nicolau in the Cape Verde Islands. It 's a dive site for all levels with good visibility, limited currents and a bottom made of sand, rocks and lava. Lighthouse São Nicolau has great biodiversity. The site is home to trumpet fish, tuna, manta rays, nudibranchs, nurse sharks, galapagos sharks and lemon sharks. Sometimes you can even spot a green turtle or loggerhead turtle during its meal.
Particulars
Lighthouse São Nicolau is only accessible by boat and a great dive site for drift diving. Enter the water to discover this beautiful underwater. Enjoy the ride untill you get picked up by the boat.
Warnings
Night diving is not possible at Lighthouse São Nicolau.
LIGHTHOUSE Features
- Nicknames
- Lighthouse São Nicolau
- Address
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau
- Parking
- At boat charter
- Distance
- 45 min.
- Suitable for
- All levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 10 - 25 m.
- Average visibility
- 20 m.
- Depth
- 16 m.
- Bottom
- zand, rotsen
- Life
- Shark , manta ray, turtle, nurse shark, tuna, trumpetfish
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting
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