Rio

Got a three month posting to Volta Redonda (Brazil) which is apparently
about one hours drive from Rio, starting later this week. Does anyone have
any experience of diving off Rio?

SteveB

Michael Beardsley <msb@carron32.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Got a three month posting to Volta Redonda (Brazil) which is apparently
> about one hours drive from Rio, starting later this week.
> Does anyone have any experience of diving off Rio?

No, but I have spent some time googling:

Checking a map, for instance this one:
http://www.silsutravel.com.ar/brazil...odejaneiro.htm

we can see that Volta Redonda is nearer Angra dos Reis than Rio de Janeiro
(but it is not necessarily a quicker trip, since there is an (probably
quite busy) highway between Volta Redonda and Rio de Janeiro, while the
roads from Volta Redonda to Angra dos Reis seem less important.

Angra dos Reis is a well known beach and it seems there is also diving there.
The bay there has 365 islands (some of them private).

http://www.eco2000.com.br/angradosreis/

http://www.bizcon.com.br/mergulho.htm

Web cam:
http://www.angra-dos-reis.com/ingles...po_on_line.htm

Nearby there is also Paraty
http://www.zone.com.br/mergulho/inde...talhes&id=6186

This page has a couple of photos:
http://www.aryamarante.fot.br/a2_fotosub02c.htm

Dive center in Rio:
http://rioturismoradical.com.br/port...cubadiving.htm

This link is to a dive center in Cabo Frio, which is further northeast
than Rio:
http://www.tridente.tur.br/

Water temperatures (surprisingly cold for the tropics) here:
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/water...a/Brasilia.htm

Seraches in Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Angra+dos+Reis+diving

Pages in portuguese translated to English:
http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

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