Diving in Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the country’s best diving destinations. The towns of Bonito and Jardim boast the clearest waters in all of brazil, with enormous range of aquatic life and geographical features to attract divers, from absolute beginners to the technical level.

Cave diving experts have nothing to complain about either: Bonito and Jardim’s underwater caves are unique and unforgettable among the finest in the world.

Bonito / Jardim

Snorkelling is one of Bonito and Jardim’s major attractions. The best thing is to go with the flow along the riverbeds, observing the underwater fauna and flora, pretending to be a part of this fabulous ecosystem.

Kids love this. Grownups do too. Even the most experienced divers are thrilled by the experience. Such good caverns await cave divers that Bonito best cave diving destinationon the planet.

Lagoa Misteriosa

Photo: Marcelo Krause

This skinhole forms a lake with crystal-clear waters. Seventeen meters down, two skinholes open, each ten meters across, descending vertically to over 240 meters.

The water is so transparent that from thirty meters below the surface, the diver can look up and see the trees surrounding the lake. Acess to this beautiful site is along a sloping trail some seventy meters in length.

Olho d’água e Rio da Prata


Photo: Andre Seale

A large crystal-clear lake that is a habitat for piraputangas, huge dorados, pintados and corimbás. Unbelievably transparent. A stream flows toward the Rio da Prata, where care must be taken with the descent. You have to clamber over tree trunks, and there is also a waterfall to be negotiated, in order to continue the dive lower down, where there is a huge spring in the middle of the river. The descent takes over one hour and is one of the region’s most beautiful trips.Source: Brazil Nature

Learn more about Bonito and Jardim: http://www.bonitoweb.com.br/

Have fun with a sea scooter

A sea scooter is a water propeller which facilitates the practices of divers as well as it ads fun to their activities. It makes the practice of this sport easier and allows divers to spend their energies in a better way. These devices usually are small and light, providing comfort not only in their use but also in their transportation.

Sea scooters are used for many different sea related sports and practices besides diving, such as for swimming and snorkeling. Whatever sport you practice you will find it to be an easier and funnier activity by including a sea scooter in your practices. Sea scooters come with a set of batteries which allow you to use them for a certain amount of time and which might vary from 60, 90 or even 150 minutes without having to recharge them.

Most sea scooters can be used in many different water environments, from a swimming pool to the sea. Therefore, they would allow you to use them in many different situations and places, providing a very wide range of uses in such a way that let your imagination fly.

Sea scooters are designed and thought in order to be as practical and useful as possible according to the help which swimmers and divers might need from them. If you let them go or they become obstructed by something, they would instantly stop and float. Besides, if you are on a depth down to about thirty feet, most sea scooters allow you to select and adjust the buoyancy. The speed in which they run is usually 2mph although you might be able to find some of them faster as well as some of them slower.

Most divers find sea scooters easy to use without having problems regarding their functioning. Besides, they are very easy to be carried. Manufacturers usually use light materials for making them, allowing divers to handle them without much effort or difficulty. They are thought according to divers and swimmers needs, and this becomes reflected on the way in which they easily adapt to these sports practices.

Source: Dive Pilot