Scuba Diving in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
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The map indicates the location of the wracks.
Salvador is a paradise for wreck scuba diving: you can
go diving every day for two weeks and not have to see
the same wreck twice. A number of decent scuba dive
shops have spring up, and the city itself is
friendly and inviting. The waters in the bay are
normally quite warm, and divers most likely will
not need a wetsuit.
For centuries,
Salvador has been Brazil’s most important city.
It was the capital of the nation until 1763. It
features a large natural harbor, and was a major
New World shipping center. Thousands of ships
came and went ... and some came and never left. |
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Some of the wrecks in Salvador
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Cavo Artemidi
- Sunk in 1980. Cargo ship
with 170 meters of length. Depths from 9 to
30 meters.
The Cavo Artemidi
is considered one of the most spectacular
wreck dives in Brazil. It is considered the largest
shipwreck in Brazilian waters and the whole
Atlantic. It is in a
good state of preservation. Lots of fish. It is easy to
reach from Barra, but you have to watch the
currents and plan the dive well.
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Banco da Panela - one of
the largest archaeological sites in Brazil -
transformed in a protect area by the Navy,
the collection of any artefacts from the
bottom is strictly forbidden - it is located
by the entrance of Salvador's port, with an
average depth of 15 meters.
It is home to the
remains of more than 90 ships sunk during
the Dutch invasion. After 400 years, there’s
nothing recognizable as a ship anymore, but
you’ll see anchors, wood scraps, and a
possibly a cannon.
- Bretagne/Germania
- The debris of these
2 ships are mixed on the bottom. Depth of 8
meters
- Cap Frio
- Sunk 80 years ago. Depths
from 10 to 12 meters. Excellent night dive.
Near the "Porto da Barra"
- Blackadder - Norwegian coal trading ship
80 meters long. The depth ranges from 8 to
12 meters
- Queen
- Sunk in 1800. Located at 22
meters
- Ho Mei III
- Chinese fishing boat 47
meters long. Located at 36 meters
- Maraldi
- Sunk in 1875. Depths
between 4 and 12 meters
- Parana/Salvador
- The debris of the first
are at 19 meters and the other at 12 meters
- Piacava
- Debris of ships from the 18th
century. Large habitat of octopuses and
lobsters
- Vapor da Jequitaia
- a
well-preserved steamship, 27 meters long,
between 4 and 8 meters of depth
- Utrech
- Dutch galleon sunk during the
17th century. The debris is at 22 meters
- Sacramento Galleon - Sunk in 1668.
Located at 32 meters
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One of the apartments of the
Mansion VillaVerde Medical Centers
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Centro de Medicina
Hiperbárica do
Nordeste
Address: Rua
Plínio de Lima, n.º 1. Monte Serrat
Tel.: +55 (71) 3310-9225
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Hyperbark Clinical
Center
Address:
Avenida Ademar de Barros, Travessa Macapá,
n.º 82
Ondina
Tel.: +55 (71) 3245-8326
The
Porto da Barra |
Diving Schools and Operators in Salvador
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Salvador - Scuba Diving and other Activities |
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