Playing Hookey: Mid-Week Dives to Tiwa & Seminol 5.24

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Photos (top to bottom): photos 1-12: on the wreck Tiwa (no details found in a web search); photos 13-17: Seminol.

I'd heard about Seminol often in the past year, and had been hoping to see it before leaving Senegal. The site did not disappoint. Seminol felt more vibrant and wilderness-like than the dives closer to N'Gor, both for its depth and clarity, the bottom-scape (basalt columns running along ridgelines), and the number and variety of marine life. There were certainly more eels, and a greater variety of eels, than previously seen, even in Cape Verde.

Too short, was my impression. It deserved multiple dives over days. Alas, it's located a couple of kilometers beyond Ile de Madeleine, and thus a serious boat ride from N'Gor.

Note the clip filmed during the 40 m descent to the wreck Tiwa.