Pucusana · Peru · Wall · Reef
El Venado
A wall dropping from the bay's edge to a rock and sand floor
El Venado is a bay near Pucusana, a little further out by boat than El Chuncho. A wall runs down its side, and the floor below is split between a rocky bottom and a sandy one. Divers come for the wall, which takes the dive deeper than El Chuncho and its kelp forest, down past the 18 m that bounds that site.
Also known as Venado.
Where it is and how deep
12.4893° S, 76.7987° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Divers pick up the wall at 8 m and follow it down, reaching as deep as 25 m at its foot. The bay has two kinds of bottom, one rocky and the other sandy, so the dive moves between rock and open sand below the wall.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Season follows Pucusana: January to March has the mildest sea of the year, and December to February is the sunny Lima summer; from April the sea turns cool.
Dive videos
El Venado | Diving near Pucusana, Peru · Alex Aucoin on YouTube
Sources
- El Venado — ScubaGo (SSI)
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