Plateau - Santiago
The Plateau dive site off Santiago offers a good drift dive experience. We often see stingrays resting on the sandy bottom and schools of barracuda cruising past. It's a fairly straightforward dive, ideal for those comfortable with moderate current and keen to cover some ground. Visibility here can be excellent, making it a relaxing dive.
- Location
- Santiago, Cape Verde, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 15.079085, -23.788662
- Type
- reef
- Maximum Depth
- 10-25m
Nearby Dive Sites in Santiago
- Atlanticus Diving - House Reef - 13m (reef)
- COUNTY OF CARMARTHEN - 2m (wreck)
- Divecenter Santiago & King Bay (reef)
- EUGENIO TAVARES - 5m (wreck)
- Franciscus
- Leuchtturm
- MIRA-TERRA - 10m (wreck)
- Tuna Point
- Velha - 5-20m (reef)
- Vogelwand
Nearest Dive Centres to Plateau
- Cidade Velha Diving - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Santiago
Home to 43 recorded species including 35 reef fish, 4 whales & dolphins, 3 hard corals, 1 other.
Notable Species
- Gray's Cutthroat (Synaphobranchus kaupii) - Reef Fish
- Bastard soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus) - Reef Fish
- Remora (Remora remora) - Reef Fish
- Springer (Mugil cephalus) - Reef Fish
- Mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) - Hard Corals
- Balao (Hemiramphus balao) - Reef Fish
- Broom-tail File (Aluterus scriptus) - Reef Fish
- Channel Flounder (Syacium micrurum) - Reef Fish
- White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) - Reef Fish
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Jack (Selar crumenophthalmus) - Reef Fish
- Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) - Reef Fish
- King Mullet (Mulloidichthys martinicus) - Reef Fish
- African Forktail Snapper (Apsilus fuscus) - Reef Fish
- Devilfish (Ophioblennius atlanticus) - Reef Fish
- Mulet (Mugil curema) - Reef Fish
- Sand Steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus) - Reef Fish
- axillary sea-bream (Pagellus acarne) - Reef Fish
- Butterfish (Eucinostomus melanopterus) - Reef Fish
- Bastard Grunt (Pomadasys incisus) - Reef Fish