Scuba diving locations in Venezuela:

• Los Roques are a series of reefs providing exceptionally varied environments with highly localised temperature, water condition, light, and nutrient content fluctuations. It has pinnacles, enormous caves and coral gardens, walls of soft coral and sea whips, and its wrecks date back to the 16th century.
• On the coast of the Henri Pittier National Park, La Ciénaga de Ocumare is a quiet lagoon surrounded by forest and the Caribbean Sea, at the entrance of which is a coral barrier hosting trumpet fish, parrot fish, moray eel, snappers, lobsters, sea turtles, octopus, many classes of coral and sponges and much more.
• Puerto Cabello, near Guabina's bay, has the wrecks of Italian and German boats which, while looking for shelter, were burned in 1941.
• The Islas Los Frailes are nine little islands featuring walls, platforms, canyons and caves.

When to scuba dive in Venezuela:

The water is warm all year.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in Venezuela:

• Off Margarita Island i a huge rock, El Farallón, about 14m deep hosting a statue of a little Madonna.
• On the coast of the Henri Pittier National Park lies the wreck of the Carmen Fabiana, home to snappers, sponges, seaweeds, soft and hard coral, hydroids, snails, crabs and many more.
• The wrecks of the Sesostris and the Jacko lie off Isla Larga and are home to incredible artificial reef life with many species of fishes.
• The Santa Anna Ferry was burnt in the 1970s, and still has a Chevy and a Volkswagen on board.

The best spots to snorkel in Venezuela:

• Islas Los Frailes is a snorkelling paradise of 9 small islands.

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Bolívar fuerte (VEF)
• Population: is about 29,100,000 (2010)
• Time Zone: (GMT-4:30)
• Main languages spoken: Spanish ## Diveable overseas territories:

Venezuelan diving federations:

FEDERACION VENEZOLANA DE ACTIVIDADES SUBACUATICAS (FVAS) is a member of Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):