Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Colonia del Sacramento
Ready to check out the best sites in Colonia del Sacramento for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 1 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 Colonia del Sacramento to suit your needs.
#1 - Cantera Ferrando
Uruguay
Ferrando quarry is a quarry that was closed in 1950 to root constant flooding, this is because it is a few meters (not more than 500) of the Silver River and its estuary.
initially install a pipe with a pump to draw water but the water finally finish to win the efforts of the miners.
this pipe is now used as a reference for novice divers, so you can use the same stone walls of the same.
it is advisable not to go from May to June until November, at the beginning of the summer in the southern hemisphere, as the water temperature is in the order of 12-14 degrees centigrade, which joined almost always wind makes the place very cold.
There is something natural fauna, various fish, from which there is more variety of "old water" very friendly local species.
the locals are very friendly people.
its from a rural road, very near to the "colonia del sacramento" downtown
Cantera Ferrando is also known as Ferrando, ferrandito.