Choclassa - Sal
Choclassa on Sal offers a relaxing dive, often with calmer conditions than some of the island’s more exposed sites. You’ll typically find plenty of reef fish here, along with the chance of seeing turtles grazing. It’s a good spot for newer divers or those looking for an easy second dive, with depths generally staying moderate.
- Location
- Sal, Cape Verde, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 16.584723, -22.885000
Marine Protected Area: Reserva Natural Costa da Fragata
Nearby Dive Sites in Sal
- Ancora
- Bikini Beach - 7m
- Boris
- Buracona
- Caldaia
- Calderinha Wreck - 14m (wreck)
- Cavala
- Cavala, Sal - 33m
- Champignons
- Dos Olhos
- Dunas
- Eco Dive School Cabo Verde
- Farol
- Kwarcit Wreck (wreck)
- Lost Anchor (Anchora, White Reef) - 14m (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Choclassa
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