Brazil
The northern breakwater was built to protect the Port of Salvador, which began commercial operations on 13/05/1913. The structure combines stone blocks and a concrete wall, about 1,400 m long and 6 m wide. On 15/02/2013, Codeba contracted a 405 m extension of the breakwater, with the same characteristics as the original structure, to shelter manoeuvres at the berths of the Água de Meninos quay from waves and currents. Between the breakwater and the quay lies the port's turning basin, 700 m wide.
Today the breakwater works as an artificial reef. Along the entire structure there are corals, sponges, parrotfish, queen angelfish, seahorses and clown shrimp. At night, lobsters, squid, trumpetfish and boxfish appear.
Information on this page, including technical data such as depth, current, visibility, access, and recommended level, is informational and may vary. Confirm actual conditions with a local operator before the dive.
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