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Columnar cacti on a headland above the sea, with a rocky point and a small island under a bright cloudy sky — Búzios

Búzios · Brazil · Wall

Ilha de Gravatás

A boulder wall to 30 m on the way to Ilha de Âncora

Area photo: Alberto1939 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ilha de Gravatás is an island on the way from Búzios out to Ilha de Âncora, dived for its large wall of boulders. The wall reaches 30 m at its deepest point and carries few corals, but morays, rays and fish live along it, and the site is recommended only for certified divers.

Also known as Ilha Gravatas, Ilha Gravatá.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Ilha de Gravatás: typical dive to 30 m (to 100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit30 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

22.7737° S, 41.8237° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

Ilha de Gravatás sits on the way from the Búzios coast to Ilha de Âncora, the island 11 km offshore, and the site is recommended only for certified divers rather than for first-time divers. The dive follows a large wall of boulders down from the island, reaching a maximum depth of 30 m at its deepest point.

Coral cover on the wall is sparse, so the animals are the interest: moray eels, rays and a scattering of fish are seen along the boulders. Divers who want coral will find more of it at the shallower Ilha Feia, while Gravatás is a wall dive over rock.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

Month-by-month season rating for Ilha de Gravatás
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Season follows Búzios: Breezes blow harder in winter and most rain falls Nov–Mar; each day's dive route is set by the sea conditions.

Questions divers ask

How deep is Ilha de Gravatás?+

The boulder wall at Ilha de Gravatás reaches 30 m at its deepest point, and the site is recommended only for certified divers.

Sources

  1. Ilha de Gravatás — Scuba Búzios
  2. Ilha Gravatá, Búzios (OpenStreetMap Nominatim) — OpenStreetMap

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