Dive Review of Cabo Verde Diving/Hilton in
Africa/Cape Verde

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Cabo Verde Diving/Hilton: "Caribbean Diving in Africa", Jul, 2023, by Garry Wade Klein, GA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12498 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I was in Cape Verde during the off season. Not very many experienced divers on the island. Most dive shops cater to Try Scubas and new open water divers. CVD had the most available for experienced divers on the island with three zodiacs of varying sizes. Everybody from all three shops is transported to main shop by the pier for the dives. Tanks loaded beforehand. Gear is placed in bags and transported to the very busy pier. At pier, carry gear out to pier and hand down to zodiac. Then board by stairs. On return, zodiac goes to beach where divers jump off and wade to shore and walk back to shop. Gear brought back separately. This was pretty standard for all dive shops except some loaded boats by walking from the beach to the boats. As for the diving, it is similar to the Caribbean. Schools of grunts, snappers, and jacks. Lots and lots of eels of some very different varieties. Nudis were plentiful Loggerheads were laying eggs so also were plentiful. Coral not as varied but in very good shape. A few frogfish. Pufferfish on one site were in the hundreds. Octopus were plentiful on the one night dive that was available. Did not make it to the caves because there were not enough experienced divers to make the trip.
Websites	Cabo Verde Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Florida, Fiji, Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Egypt, Maldives, Cocos Island, Azores, Malta, PNG
Closest Airport	Sal	Getting There	ATL TO NEWARK TO LISBON TO SAL
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-79°F / 26-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	If you had a computer you could dive your own profile but you had to follow the DM by keeping the DM in sight
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The zodiacs are not designed for large cameras, strobes and trays. There is a small water bucket that was fine for my TG-6 and others Go-Pros. The crew were very careful with the camera equipment.

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Dive Review of Cabo Verde Diving/Hilton in Africa/Cape Verde

Cabo Verde Diving/Hilton: "Caribbean Diving in Africa", Jul, 2023,

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Dive Review of Cabo Verde Diving/Hilton in
Africa/Cape Verde