Dunas - Sal
Dunas offers a straightforward dive on a sandy bottom, broken up by scattered rocks and small rocky outcrops. We often spot moray eels tucked into the crevices and rays gliding over the sand. It’s a calmer spot, good for newer divers building confidence or for a relaxed second dive. Visibility here is usually pretty reliable.
- Location
- Sal, Cape Verde, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 16.602852, -22.933006
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
- Cavala, Sal - 33m
- Champignons
- Choclassa
- Dos Olhos
- Eco Dive School Cabo Verde
- Farol
- Kwarcit Wreck (wreck)
- Lost Anchor (Anchora, White Reef) - 14m (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Dunas
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