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Four red big-eyed fish hover at the mouth of a dark hollow lined with bright orange-yellow cup corals — São Vicente & Mindelo.

São Vicente & Mindelo · Cabo Verde · Reef

Djeu Sul

Frogfish of several species and huge java morays on a sheltered rock

Area photo: Jerome Paillet (IFREMER, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - · CC BY 4.0

Djeu Sul is a dive on the protected side of Djeu, a big rock off São Vicente. The rock shelters the site, so the current is normally small, and the dive is usually busy with life. Divers come to watch for big pelagics and to look for huge java moray eels, lobsters and frogfish of several species.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Djeu Sul: 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.

No published position for this site — the map shows São Vicente & Mindelo and its other sites; operators know the mooring.

The dive

The big rock breaks the current here, so the water at Djeu Sul normally moves only a little while the dive goes as deep as 30 m. Between glances into the blue for big pelagics, the search on the rock is for the huge java moray eels, the lobsters and the several species of frogfish that live there.

Marine life and season

  • Frogfish
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Season follows São Vicente & Mindelo: Diving runs all year; July to November is the high season, and August to October is the rainy season, though little rain falls.

Sources

  1. Dive Sites – Dive Tribe — Dive Tribe

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