Santo Antao Wreck

★★★★☆ (2,744)

This 11-meter-deep wreck is perfect for beginners and advanced divers to enjoy a relaxing dive. The 60-year-old wreck was a 30-meter-long boat traveling between islands that smashed into the shallowest rocky part near the shore.

It’s a hotspot of pufferfish; hundreds of them are camouflaged on the bottom. It is also home to stingrays, nurse sharks, trumpet fish, as well as turtles, moray eels and nudibranchs.

Dive Activity

Top Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Moray Eel

238 Sightings
J
15
F
22
M
20
A
16
M
15
J
10
J
27
A
27
S
18
O
27
N
25
D
16

Stingrays

402 Sightings
J
29
F
40
M
42
A
20
M
27
J
24
J
35
A
29
S
29
O
46
N
47
D
34

Pufferfish

397 Sightings
J
28
F
29
M
43
A
25
M
28
J
33
J
44
A
49
S
28
O
30
N
32
D
28

Porcupinefish

302 Sightings
J
23
F
24
M
37
A
17
M
22
J
17
J
33
A
28
S
20
O
37
N
21
D
23

Trumpetfish

271 Sightings
J
19
F
24
M
20
A
14
M
23
J
15
J
35
A
30
S
19
O
27
N
26
D
19

Nurse Shark

156 Sightings
J
19
F
24
M
15
A
10
M
11
J
10
J
18
A
17
S
11
O
10
N
11
D
0

Soldierfish

120 Sightings
J
0
F
13
M
17
A
0
M
12
J
0
J
17
A
15
S
14
O
20
N
12
D
0

Parrotfish

108 Sightings
J
11
F
16
M
13
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
22
A
13
S
0
O
16
N
17
D
0

Stonefish

64 Sightings
J
0
F
11
M
0
A
0
M
8
J
0
J
19
A
16
S
0
O
0
N
10
D
0

Goatfish

48 Sightings
J
0
F
10
M
11
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
14
A
0
S
0
O
13
N
0
D
0