Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Lavra
Ready to check out the best sites in Lavra for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 3 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.
No matter what you're looking for, you can find a diverse range of the best ocean activities in Lavra to suit your needs.
#1 - Rodelha
Portugal, Costa Verde, Porto north
This is a rock dive. "Rodelha" is one of many underwater rocks located out of Lavra village. This rock looks like a cork with a 19m maximum depth and 5m as minimum.
The diver can find here the usual marine life of this kind of environments, such as anemones, molluscs, crustacea and a variety of fish.
Good for novice divers.
Source: www.submania.pt
(Reproduced with permission of the author)
Out of Lavra village
#2 - Prego
Portugal, Costa Verde, Porto north
This is a rock dive. "Prego" is one of many underwater rocks located out of Lavra village.
With a maximum depth of 21m and a lower of 12m, this rock was baptized as "Prego" because of a crack that looks like a nail. "Prego" is the Portuguese word for nail. It's a nice dive where the diver can enjoy the anemone carpets, huge mussels the size of ones hand, sea bass and sea bream.
This site is also dived for spear fishing as the crack is a good hide for adult sea bass and sea bream.
There is a crucifix on the bottom of this rock in memory of a diver who lost his life while free diving.
Any diver can enjoy this excellent dive.
Source: www.submania.pt
(Reproduced with permission of the author)
One of many underwater rocks located out of Lavra village.
#3 - Ruy Barbosa
Portugal, Costa Verde, Porto north
Brazilian packet-boat built in 1913, owned by Lloyd Brasileiro Navigation Company.
On July 31st 1934, around 5.00pm, this ship was sailing to Leixões harbour when a dense fog made her turn course and run aground 200m of Marreco beach.
"Ruy Barbosa" was homeward bound from Hamburg and Antwerp where near 100 German Jews went onboard heading to Brazil. These persons were one of the first refugees to escape from Nazi Germany. Her crew was composed by 125 members. There was no casualties due the sea was flat.
She had in her cargo hull around 2000 tons of goods, of which most was recover. She was 11.780 tons gross and 149m long. This ship had capacity for 650 persons.
The sea claimed the ship and broke her apart. Nowadays divers can find the ship's boilers, the anchor and some metal debris on the sea bottom, at a maximum depth of 12m.
Like all wrecks in this area, this site is full of marine life.
Source: www.submania.pt
(Reproduced with permission of the author)
4 nautical miles N from Leixões.