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| Fernando de Noronha - PE |  
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Description:
About 550 kilometers off the northeastern coast of Brazil lies a mountainous archipelago made up of 21 islands, the National Marine Sanctuary of Fernando de Noronha. Fernando de Noronha (2,000 permanent residents) has the most beautiful beaches in Brasil. The National Park has a lot of programs to ecological tourist. Only 420 tourists are allowed on the island at a time. Each day 100 leave and 100 arrive. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Fernando de Noronha - Airport |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 40 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: All dear diving, but August - November is best. The rainy season from Feb. - July brings the usual lower viz (but is also when the island is the most beautiful). From Dec. - Feb. the waves are huge and are perfect for surfing. This is also the most bussy period because of Brazilian vacations. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Bat rays |  | | | | | | |  | | | | |  | |
| | | Bignose sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Devil rays (Mobula) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Green turtles |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Hawksbill turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Lemon sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Moray eels |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Nurse sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Spinner dolphins (Long-snouted) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Every day between 2 and 3pm, a pod of over 600 stenella longirostis or spinner dolphins leaves the Bay of Dolphins to hunt and then they return at about 5am the next day. This is the oldest and largest residential school of dolphins on earth.
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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