Above:
Diving in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Fernando de Noronha
is the best diving site in Brazil. These islands offer
unparalleled diving on a world scale.
Image source: Embratur
SCUBA DIVING AND SNORKELLING IN BRAZIL
The best place for diving in Brazil is
Fernando de Noronha, a group of islands in
the Brazilian northeast coast, near Natal, north of Recife. Fernando de Noronha is a sanctuary of marine life
and
an
all year round place for diving. For more details, see:
Fernando Noronha diving.
Fernando de Noronha is a protected area, with scarce
accommodation, far from the main tourist centers, and those
reasons make the
place rather expensive.
If you are looking for brazilian cheaper diving sites,
equate the following alternatives:
Diving in Recife-Olinda region
Diving in Porto Galinhas
Diving in Ilha Grande - São Paulo
Diving in Rio de Janeiro - Buzios -
Arraial do Cabo
Diving in Bahia
RECIFE-OLINDA
The Recife-Olinda region offers excellent all year round
sites for scuba diving and snorkelling. Marine life is very abundant in this
region, but sharks are common and the sea is often rough (there
are many ancient shipwrecks, waiting for divers to explore
them...)
If you aren't an experienced diver, you may prefer other
alternatives, some of which not far from Recife, as Porto
Galinhas.
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PORTO GALINHAS
Porto de Galinhas is a very friendly diving site,
excellent both for scuba beginners and advanced divers. Here,
in Porto Galinhas, you will find diving courses and all year
round conditions for diving.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BUZIOS AND
ARRAIL DO CABO
Buzios,
a luxury beach resort destination
just two hours drive north Rio de Janeiro, offers excellent
places for diving. But the true regional pearl for diving in
this region is Arraial do Cabo, less
than 90 miles south of Rio de Janeiro.
Arraial do Cabo is in fact the best place for diving in
Brazil's south.
With turquoise waters, teeming with
marine life (turtles, moray eels, queen angelfish, sea
horses...) and some dozens of lakes and
old ship-wrecks, Arraial do Cabo is a truly
world-class place for scuba diving.
Arraial do Cabo is an all year round. Many hotels in Rio de
Janeiro and Buzios can arrange transportation and tours to
Arraial do Cabo.
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region, see:
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Sport fishing in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
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ILHA GRANDE: ANGRA DOS REIS, SAO PAULO
Near Sao Paulo you may enjoy some of the best
scuba
diving sites in Brazil, namely
in Ilha Grande (Angra dos
Reis region).
Angra dos Reis - a luxury travel destinations
- is a delightful destination with amazing forests,
waterfalls, lakes, small fishing villages, secret coves,
small beaches... and exceptional conditions for diving,
namely in Ilha Grande, one of the many local small islands.
Here, in
Ilha Grande, you may explore its local rich
marine life, and also
dozens of old ship-wrecks
(european galleons sunken some hundred years ago as a result
of battles involving pirates and colonial forces).
Ilha Grande is an all year round place for diving.
For more information:
Beaches of Sao Paulo and the South of Brazil
A multi-destination travel beginning in Sao Paulo
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FERNANDO DE NORONHA ISLANDS
The best place for diving in
Brazil is Fernando de Noronha, a group of islands in the
northeast coast. Fernando de Noronha is a true sanctuary of
marine life. Its sea conditions, its clear and warm waters,
its shallow lagoons and tidal pools, its submarine
landscapes, its numerous dolphins populations, and the
weather (300 days of sunshine a year) explains Fernando de
Noronha increasing popularity among divers.
Though Fernando de Noronha is an all year round destination
for divers, the best time for beginners is July through
December.
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BAHIA
Brazil and it's large coast offers many dozens of
excellent sites for diving. Fernando de
Noronha and Arraial do Cabo are
top-world places for diving, truly unparalleled, but you may find many dozens of other travel
destinations with excellent conditions for diving.
Major brazilian tourist attractions as Salvador da Bahia (or
Itacare, also in Bahia) are good examples of this very fact.
If your travel option is Bahia, you will find excellent
conditions for diving near Salvador or Itacaré.
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