Maldonado Department

Piriapolis

Uruguay

Suitable for snorkelling and dive training. Some natural pools are excellent for children 

Piriapolis Punta Fria

Stella Maris is also known as Punta Fria.

Piriápolis

Stella Maris

Puertito de Don Anselmo

Punta Colorada is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Uruguay which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Punta Colorada

One of the best spots in Uruguay for snorkeling



Piriapolis Vertigo



Maldonado; near Punta del Este. Easy to find from the route

Punta Ballena

Playa Mansa, Punta del Este

In this place (as many others in the Atlantic coast from Uruguay) the conditions are generally not very good for diving (big waves, lack of visibility). It is somewhat rare to find good visibilty(lets say one a month visibilty can cattain as much as 4 m and almost never more than 5 meters). 

Close to Maldonado.

Jose Ignacio is also known as Faro Jose Ignacio.

Jose Ignacio

Cantera Riachuelo is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Uruguay which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Cantera Riachuelo

Ferrando quarry is a quarry that was closed in 1950 to root constant flooding, this is because it is a few meters (not more than 500) of the Silver River and its estuary.
initially install a pipe with a pump to draw water but the water finally finish to win the efforts of the miners.
this pipe is now used as a reference for novice divers, so you can use the same stone walls of the same.
it is advisable not to go from May to June until November, at the beginning of the summer in the southern hemisphere, as the water temperature is in the order of 12-14 degrees centigrade, which joined almost always wind makes the place very cold.
There is something natural fauna, various fish, from which there is more variety of "old water" very friendly local species.
the locals are very friendly people.

its from a rural road, very near to the "colonia del sacramento" downtown

Cantera Ferrando is also known as Ferrando, ferrandito.

Cantera Ferrando

Cantera El carpincho is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Argentina, Buenos Aires   Las Pampas which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Cantera El carpincho

care! This site I use on the danger of the neighborhoods adjacent to the quarry, is not recommended for anyone, not foreigners or locals.
crucesita the village, which is bordering is extremely dangerous! ---
Warning! forgotten this site its for the best of divers in argentina, the neaborhoods because there are extremely dangerous, not recommended for anybody

highway la plata - Buenos Aires

Stella Maris

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Stella Maris