Dive in Boavista

Bodega de Tchoco is our youngest spot.We were looking for a dive site suitable for student divers as well as for divers of all levels and were quite surprised to find it right outside the Dive Center at RIU Touareg. With a maximum depth of 14 metres and a sandy bottom this spot is ideal for relaxed…

Atlantida is located 20 boat minutes southwest of Riu Karamboa. Its reef top welcomes you at around 9 metres and is ideal for divers of all levels. Small pool shaped holes cover the reef top and it is worth taking a closer look into them as you might find lobsters, scorpionfish or moray eels hiding…

To get to Sharks Bow it takes about 10 boat minutes from RIU Karamboa. This dive site is suitable for advanced divers or training as the reef top appears in a depth of 22 metres. Follow the descent line all the way past the reef top until you reach a big entrance into the reef. The tunnel that could…

Given its shallow depth of 10 metres at its bottom Taliarte it is an ideal spot for course dives, divers who want to get back into diving after a longer break and underwater photographers. Also passionate wreck divers will enjoy Taliarte that used to be a fishing boat that sank approximately 15…

Second dive north of Sal Rei´s island.located North of the island is has a plane platform at 14 mts before entering a labirynth of rocks and colums full of surprises. It is an extended dive site with loads of possibilities. One of diver´s favourites. There are rocky formations that you can screen…

This dive site is located close to the northern tip of Ilheu de Sal Rei and reached by boat within 10 minutes from RIU Karamboa. Take a look around you and see the waves splashing over the rocky edge of the island next to you, see huge cargo ships in the harbor of Sal Rei on the other side. After…

4th dive north east of Sal Rei´s island. It consists of a very long channel that looks like human made. The dive goes through that channel watching all the marine life on the way. Good conditions are required, to avoid swimming under big breakers. 10-14 meters depth to 18 mts maximum. Nurse shark…

Here all levels find something challenging. A small cavern opens the dive. Make sure you hover properly, so the vissibility stays good for all the groupmembers. The ceiling is covered with tube anemones. You will find them in all overhangs wich follow. Inside these horizontal cuts try to look for…

Another favourite for divers. 22 mts depth wall with caverns were sand tiger shark and nurse shark likes to hang around. So it is very probable to encounter them. Also the shape of the wall is really impressing with caverns and holes in the bottom and castle ends on the top. Possibities are a…

end of a volcanic platform creating a 5 mts wall at 22 mts top and 29 mts bottom, a sand bottom at the end with some over hangs. Dive star is beautiful sun coral formations andschools of glasseye fish, triggerfish. Possible encounter with sand tiger shark,nurse shark, loggerhead turtle and…

Alcatraz:Alcatraz Iisland is located 10 minutes by boat east of RIU Touareg. The rocky Island carries the name of the big sea bird that is nesting on it. There is many ways to discover Alcatraz underwater, let’s focus on two of them.Alcatraz Shallow: Alcatraz shallow is basically the sloping…

We reach Bodega de Marc within a 15 minute boat trip from RIU Touareg Dive Center. It is located close to Santa Monica Beach and not far away from Cret-Cheu. The surface current here can be strong so it is important to get down along the line quickly. You will reach the sandy bottom sprinkled with…

Cret-Cheu is located close to Santa Monica Beach and just 15 minutes by boat from the Dive Center at RIU Touareg. Enjoy the view over Boa Vista’s pristine coast line as you prepare for the second dive of your morning. Cret-Cheu has plenty of small rocky ridges along a sandy bottom and is mainly…

Sabura is a platform divided in two sites. The shallower part 12 mts is flat sandy and rocky bottom with hundreds of healthy corals specially gorgonian family. The deeper part 14 mts is more rocky and has these different rock formations hiding many moray eels and lobsters. It is also very crowded…

Catchupa is a 13 mts dive site just 5 minutes from the base by boat. It is located just on the crossing of two currents so it is normally a drift dive. Its form is like a pot full of rocks full of fish in its interior and that is why it is called like the local food Catchupa. Our lobster sigthening…