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Naufrágio do Califórnia

Dive site · Brazil

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Sea: flat, Visibility about 8 m, Water 23 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
24°C

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
25°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
25°C

Thu 5 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
24°C

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
25knboats in
Air
22°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 271, good
  2. Tue 372, good
  3. Wed 473, good
  4. Thu 572, good
  5. Fri 672, good
  6. Sat 772, good
  7. Sun 861, good
  8. Mon 966, good
  9. Tue 1068, good
  10. Wed 1170, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NWswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Naufrágio do Califórnia
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov71, good0.4 m1 kn4kn24°C
Tue 3Nov72, good0.4 m1 kn3kn25°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.2 mflat2 kn5kn25°C
Thu 5Nov72, good0.2 mflat4 kn5kn27°C
Fri 6Nov72, good0.3 m4 kn10kn24°C
Sat 7Nov72, good0.3 m1 kn9kn26°C
Sun 8Nov61, good0.6 m16 kn25knboats in22°C
Mon 9Nov66, good0.7 m8 kn14kn22°C
Tue 10Nov68, good0.6 m2 kn8kn22°C
Wed 11Nov70, good0.5 m4 kn20kn23°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 03:05 −0.4 mHigh 11:44 +0.3 mLow 16:04 −0.0 mHigh 19:44 +0.1 mLow 21:42 +0.1 mHigh 22:41 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:18 −0.4 mHigh 12:25 +0.4 mLow 16:59 −0.1 mHigh 23:39 +0.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 05:17 −0.5 mHigh 12:57 +0.4 mLow 17:41 −0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Naufrágio do Califórnia

Ilha Grande - panoramio (53)
Near Naufrágio do Califórnia, 2 km away. Photo: TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Naufrágio do Califórnia

A wreck dive. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 22°C in July, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in February, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Angra dos Reis. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 mountain bike area.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 8 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct and Dec (about 10 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$966–US$1,870 each

about US$966–US$1,870 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to GRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$564–US$1,170
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$174–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$161–US$295
Totalabout US$966–US$1,870

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Angra dos Reis

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Closest

Angra dos Reis

about 35 min by car · 46 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 46 places to stay in Angra dos Reis · Booking.com

About Angra dos Reis its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 19h 30m

About 19h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GRU, direct, then 4h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

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