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Ponta do Bananal
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EntryBoat
Max depth10 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp21–26°C
Estimated from climate dataMar–Nov
About this site
Ponta do Bananal is a dive site near Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 10 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes seahorses, groupers, sea turtles, sea fans, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 21 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
Green TurtleChelonia mydas- Silver PorgyDiplodus argenteus
Variegated UrchinLytechinus variegatus
Sandy GoggleHaemulon aurolineatum
Banded ButterflyfishChaetodon striatus
Rock UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Nearby sites
- 1Costão da Jaconema - Deck Pous Nautilus (Ilha Grd RJ)1.7 km
- 2Naufrágio Pinguino3.0 km
- 3Ponta do Alvo3.7 km
- 4Ponta Grossa4.4 km
- 5Parcel da Laje Branca9.8 km
- 6Naufrágio do Califórnia11 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org