Cavala - Sal
Cavala is a drift dive off Sal, moving along a sandy bottom interspersed with rocky outcrops. We typically see schools of barracuda and often encounter larger pelagics like tuna cruising past. It's an easy drift, making it suitable for newer divers comfortable with current, looking for a relaxed journey with potential for big fish sightings.
- Location
- Sal, Cape Verde, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 16.574183, -22.920288
Marine Protected Area: Reserva Natural Ponta de Sinó
Nearby Dive Sites in Sal
- Ancora
- Bikini Beach - 7m
- Boris
- Buracona
- Caldaia
- Calderinha Wreck - 14m (wreck)
- Cavala, Sal - 33m
- Champignons
- Choclassa
- Dos Olhos
- Dunas
- Eco Dive School Cabo Verde
- Farol
- Kwarcit Wreck (wreck)
- Lost Anchor (Anchora, White Reef) - 14m (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Cavala
Marine Life in Sal
Home to 29 recorded species including 17 reef fish, 9 whales & dolphins, 1 other, 1 hard corals, 1 sea cucumbers.
Notable Species
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Blue-white Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) - Whales & Dolphins
- Baleares Conger (Ariosoma balearicum) - Reef Fish
- Sharpnose Pufferfish (Canthigaster rostrata) - Reef Fish
- Bigscale (Scopelogadus mizolepis) - Reef Fish
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Spotted Lanternfish (Myctophum nitidulum) - Reef Fish
- Lanternfish (Hygophum benoiti) - Reef Fish
- Bigtooth Cardinalfish (Paroncheilus affinis) - Reef Fish
- Devonshire cup coral (Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii) - Hard Corals
- Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) - Reef Fish
- Blackfish (Globicephala macrorhynchus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Snipe Eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus) - Reef Fish
- Bridled Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) - Whales & Dolphins
- Lesser Bream (Brama dussumieri) - Reef Fish
- Moonfish (Mola mola) - Reef Fish
- Bogue (Boops boops) - Reef Fish
- harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Whales & Dolphins