Dakar & Ngor · Senegal · Wreck
Navarro
A 38 m wreck the Dakar club names but does not describe
Area photo: Jeff Attaway from Abuja, Nigeria · CC BY 2.0
Navarro is a wreck off the Dakar peninsula, one of four the Oceanium club names in its account of the city's wreck diving. It lies at 38 m and the club lists French Level 2 for it, which makes it a short, deep dive rather than a wander. Nothing about the ship itself — her type, her flag, when or how she sank — is published.
Also known as Navaro.
Where it is and how deep
14.6554° N, 17.4128° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
Site maps published elsewhere
The dive
This is a deep, short wreck dive. Oceanium publishes one number for the site — 38 m — and one requirement, French Level 2, and both its site page and its overview of Dakar wreck diving repeat that depth. At 38 m the no-stop time is a handful of minutes, so the dive is a descent, one circuit of whatever the crew show you, and an ascent run on the plan rather than on remaining air.
Beyond the depth the club publishes nothing: no length, no vessel history, no description of how the wreck lies or what has grown on it, and no marine life for the site. Expect the peninsula's usual conditions instead — water that runs clearer and warmer late in the year, green and cold once the upwelling arrives — and treat what is actually on the wreck as unknown until you are on it.
The position is approximate. Navarro's marker on the club's map shares a cluster with two other named sites, so what this page shows is a zone off the peninsula rather than a fix; the wreck is found by the boat crew, not from coordinates. If you want it, book it by name with a Dakar club and ask what depth and profile they actually run it at.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Navarro
- Type
- Unidentified vessel
- Cause
- Not published; no source found records how or when the ship was lost
- Lies
- On the bottom at 38 m off the Dakar peninsula; nothing further is published
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Good |
Season follows Dakar & Ngor: Upwelling from about December to May cools water to 17-21°C and dims visibility; October-November is the warm, clear window.
Know before you go
- 38 m leaves only a few minutes of no-stop time; the ascent, the gas reserve and any stop have to be planned on the surface, not decided on the wreck.
- Nothing is published about how the wreck lies or what condition it is in — treat plating, overhangs and openings as unknown and dive it from the outside.
Sources
- Navaro site page — Oceanium Diving Center
- Nos plongées — Oceanium Diving Center
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