Boa Vista · Cabo Verde · Sand slope
Bodega de Txoko
A sandy-bottomed site for refreshing basic skills
Bodega de Txoko is a shallow site off Boa Vista with a sandy bottom, and the perfect spot for beginners and for divers who have not been in the water for a long time. Nurse sharks, stingrays and cuttlefish are among the animals divers meet on the sand.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Boa Vista and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
The bottom here is sand and the dive goes no deeper than 14 m, which makes it a place to refresh the basics and get back the real feeling of diving. Nurse sharks, stingrays, amberjacks, sea breams, moray eels, blowfish, cuttlefish, lobsters, spider crabs and nudibranchs are among the species found here.
Marine life and season
- Stingrays
- Octopus & cuttlefish
- Nudibranchs
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair |
Season follows Boa Vista: Boats run all year; loggerheads mate around the reef rocks Jun–Sep, and rougher winter seas can affect the diving.
Sources
- Diving in Boa Vista – Soul Tours Cabo Verde — Soul Tours Cabo Verde
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Reef
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Reef
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Wall
Sand tiger sharks resting inside the caves of the wall
Wreck
An old fishing boat resting on its starboard side
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