Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Angra dos Reis

Por ônibus (dutra) Ilha Grande is also known as Angra dos Reis.

Usual marine life for the coastal South Atlantic area. By boat from Angra dos Reis or Paraty. Ponta da Ilha Longa is also known as Long Island Cape.

Shipwreck from 1866 according to the records due to pirate action. From Angra dos Reis or Paraty cities, Rio de Janeiro state, there are quite a few dive boats and live aboards.

From the cities of Angra dos Reis or Paraty in Rio de Janeiro state leave dive boats and live aboard boats to Ilha Grande area.

At average of Ilha Grande are dive site. You can find moreys, crabs, small reef fish. Very often live aboard boast stop by for the end of the day plus night dives here. Dive boat reach Ilha Grande area from the cities of Angra dos Reis or Paraty in Rio de Janeiro State.

Very interesting dive site. It has a unique under water topology sorted with narrow passages and short caves. It is also common to spot rays. The dive site itself is the submerged rock formation 500~600 meters off the Lage do Coronel. The Parcel is indicated by a navigation buoy and the Lage is indicated by a navigation aid light close to the Angra dos Reis harbor channel. Dive boats and live aboard boats reach the site from the cities of Angra dos Reis or Paraty. Parcel do Coronel is also known as Lage do Coronel.

We can divide the island into two points for diving: the internal part, where there is a wreck of a fishing vessel, has depths ranging from 9 to 20 meters. The bottom is sand and rocks that form passages between the rocks. Here the level of experience is the recommended level. From the outside, small caves, can reach 42 meters in depth and the level is advanced. Visibility of 10 meters to 25 and the temperature and crystal clear waters of the island, 25 º C. It has an excellent marine fauna, with caves and rocks with colorful corals and sponges. Many marine species, lizards, and skates cheetah butter, xeréus, olhetes, grouper and whiting, brothers, trumpets, moreias, turtles, eye-to-cow, octopus, shrimp, starfish and lots of variety of colorful fish, and possible to see dolphins in the summer. From the town of Abraham in the big island, sailing toward the southeast, around the points: palms island, Castilian lighthouse, island gurirí, Lopes Mendes beach at this point going toward the south total navigation time of about 40min.

It is a small rock close to the Angra dos Reis harbor channel. Its position is indicated by a navigation light. If the sea conditions permit it is possible to dive around it in 35 minute (keeping a depth of 5~7mt). By boat from Angra dos Reis or Paraty. Dive site is marked by a Navigation Light.