Cabo Verde diving advice?

[Klaus]

We are contemplating a vacation in the Capeverdian Islands (Cabo verde) next year. There is not all that much (useful) information about diving there on the net, so I thought I‘d ask around here. Does anyone have experience to share? Is the diving good, if so at which season, can you recommend a dive center, a hotel or anything else we might want to know? Or maybe you found a good website to consider for planning the trip?

We are aware that the Atlantic is not the Red Sea, we visited the Azores and Madeira before & liked this a lot because of the combination of diving and above-water activities like hiking. It seems that Cabo Verde might be a logical „next step“, but maybe that is just our imagination. 

[Klaus]

Is there really no one who tried Cabo Verde for diving yet?
Asking this to bump up the topic just once.

I guess I’ll apply for a Waterpixel travel grant to fill the void…

 

[Stig]

There's a trip report on thediveforum.com:

 

https://www.thediveforum.com/forum/diving-opportunities-and-reports/trip-reports/768306-sal-cape-verde-june-2024

 

[Luko]

If by any chance you are not adverse to reading french (you may use Google transaltion as well) this is a Cabo Verde landside and diving report that was written very recently on the Forum Photosub (somehow a french sisterforum to Waterpixels, you'll be welcome to join too btw).

 

https://www.forum-photosub.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20414