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Performing high quality and security standards, the Manta Diving Center consists of professional divers highly experienced in the capeverdian waters. Dive center is prepared to welcome all the divers visiting Sal, and take them for an adventurous discovery of the fabulous underwater world surrounding Sal. Among all the countless opportunities that are being offered by the Manta Diving Center there are Try-Dive and the snorkeling courses which enable you to enter a mystic sub aquatic world hosting a spectacular fauna and flora. Dive center provides all the possible dives available on the island... read more
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Membership
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Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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Transfer
From recommended hotels: Free
From airport: Surcharge
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Nitrox
No
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Diving types
Boat Diving
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| Location | The Manta Diving Center is located at the ground of the Hotel "Belorizonte" in Santa Maria, Sal, a small island with almost empty beautiful white sandy beaches, without mass tourism. Sal Island (133 km2) belongs to the ten islands that form the archipelago of Cape Verde, being the geographically closest to the African coast. The highest point of Sal amounts to 400 m above sea level. The turquoise blue of the sea and the golden sand beaches alternate with a dry and sterile lan...Continue reading |
| Instructors & Dive masters | Dive center has diferente levels of instructors from Open Water Instructor until Instructor Trainers from different certification agencies like: SSI, BS-AC, PADI, CMAS |
| Number of Dive Guides | 3 |
| Non-diving activities | The island of Sal offers you much more adventures and places for you to explore. It is not only the crystal clear water surrounding the island but the warm and the frequent sunshine that makes you want to stay as long as possible. Endless beaches of fine white grains of sand, smoothed by the wind and warmed by the sun, invite you to long walks through this desert-like landscape. Trips by jeep allow you to reach areas sheltering beautiful and completely untouched nature.
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| Infrastructure | Lounge, Parking, Pool, Shower, Storage room, WC, Wi-Fi |
| Equipment Description | The Manta Diving Center dispose of high quality equipment, certified by high standards, of the following brands:
Aqualung and Mares - regulators, BCs, cylinders, wet suits, strobes and various equipment. About 40 units of each. 100 tanks. Dive Alert - Security equipment. 10 units. Bauer - Compressors. 4 units. Tomcat - Inflatable boat with rigid hull. 2 unit. Suzuki - Outboard engines (140hp). 2 units. Suzuki - Outboard engines (90hp). 2 units. Bo...Continue reading |
| Distance to nearest Deco Chamber | 500 km |
| Number of boats | 3 |
| Check-in time | Diver should be at the dive center at 08:00 in the morning for the doble tank trip and at 14:00 for the afternoon dive |
| Seasonality | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
| REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS | Certification Card, Date of birth, Date of last dive, Logbook, Medical Statement, Number of dives |
| Accepted Payment Methods |
Non-cards Methods: Cash, Other |
| Read before you go |
When the divers arrive to the dive centre they start to put the aqualungs together (regulator, cylinder and bcd), placing all the accessories (fins, masks, etc) in a separated box available for their transport.
The equipments will be transported to the boats by team. The divers, still in the dive centre, start to dress their diving suits and attend to the two dives morning briefing. They will be conducted to the pier or beach, place where they will board. And they...Continue reading download PDF |
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