Salvador & Baía de Todos os Santos · Brazil · Wreck · Night
Blackadder
A 1905 clipper wreck at 9 m, dived every day of the year
The Blackadder was a 70-metre three-masted clipper whose moorings gave way in a storm in 1905, driving it onto the coral reefs off Boa Viagem beach. Its structure is still preserved at 9 m, and the site is dived every day of the year for try dives, course checkout dives, night dives and freediving.
Also known as Naufrágio Blackadder.
Where it is and how deep
12.9334° S, 38.5137° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The wreck rests at 9 m off Boa Viagem beach, and its structure is still preserved and apparent. The shallow depth gives long bottom times, and the site serves for try dives, course checkout dives, night dives and freediving as well as ordinary wreck dives. Visibility is best just after high tide, when it runs from 5 to 15 m.
Life on the wreck is rich for a dive in the middle of the city: seahorses, lobsters, octopus and small barracuda live around it, along with surgeonfish, dog snapper and parrotfish, and many shoals shelter in the structure. It is one of the favourite sites of divers in Bahia and is dived all year and every day.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Blackadder
- Type
- Three-masted clipper
- Length
- 70 m (230 ft)
- Sunk
- 1905
- Cause
- Moorings gave way in a storm and it struck the coral reefs off Boa Viagem beach
- Lies
- Structure preserved at 9 m off Boa Viagem beach
Marine life and season
- Barracuda
- Octopus & cuttlefish
- Reef fish swarms
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Season follows Salvador & Baía de Todos os Santos: Dived all year and every day; visibility is best just after high tide.
Dive videos
DESTROÇOS DO NAUFRÁGIO BLACKADDER · Moisés Myra Araújo on YouTube
Questions divers ask
How deep is the Blackadder wreck in Salvador?+
The Blackadder rests at 9 m off Boa Viagem beach, with visibility of 5 to 15 m that is best just after high tide.
When is the best time to dive the Blackadder?+
The Blackadder is dived all year and every day; visibility is best just after high tide.
Sources
- Pontos de Mergulho - Bahia de Todos os Santos — Águas Abertas
- Blackadder dive site — Scubago
- Bahia Scuba — Bahia Scuba
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