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Boa Vista · Cabo Verde · Reef · Wall

Atlantida

A reef top for newer divers above a vertical drop to sand

Atlantida is a reef off Boa Vista with a vertical edge, so one site serves two kinds of diver. Newer divers stay on the reef top among small animals, while advanced divers carry on over the edge and down the wall to the sand at its foot.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Atlantida: typical dive 9–30 m (30–100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit9 m30 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

No published position for this site — the map shows Boa Vista and its other sites; operators know the mooring.

The dive

Beginners keep to the top of the reef at around 9 m, looking for the many small animals that live on it: lobsters, scorpionfish, eels, nudibranchs and spider crabs are some of the species in the shallows. For advanced divers the dive continues past the reef edge and down the vertical face until it meets the sand at 30 m.

Marine life and season

  • Macro critters
  • Nudibranchs
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Season follows Boa Vista: Boats run all year; loggerheads mate around the reef rocks Jun–Sep, and rougher winter seas can affect the diving.

Dive videos

Diving Boa Vista Scubacaribe Atlantida with Jasmin & Abel · Scubadiving JB on YouTube

Sources

  1. Diving in Boa Vista – Soul Tours Cabo Verde — Soul Tours Cabo Verde

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