Bahía Camarones sits on the Patagonian Atlantic coast in Chubut Province and offers a mix of reef, artificial reef, and wreck diving across four sites. Water is cold throughout the year, dropping to around eight or nine degrees in mid-winter and climbing to the mid-teens in summer, so a thick wetsuit or drysuit is standard kit. Sites range from the shallow, beginner-friendly rocky outcrops at Playa Elola to the deeper reef and wreck topography of Islas Blancas, which holds the historic steamship Villarino and is reached only by boat. South American sea lions, nudibranchs, anemones, and assorted invertebrates make up most of what divers encounter here.
Monthly water temperature across Bahía Camarones's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperatures are coldest from mid-winter through early spring, sitting around eight to nine degrees, and warmest from late spring into autumn at around fourteen to sixteen degrees. Divers should plan for cold conditions year-round and carry appropriate exposure protection regardless of season.
Water temperature around Bahía Camarones ranges from about 8°C in August to 15°C in March, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 15°C) a 7mm or semi-dry suit is comfortable in Bahía Camarones; in the coldest months (about 8°C) step up to a drysuit.
Fin maps 4 sites in Bahía Camarones (3 scuba diving sites and 1 snorkelling spots).
Across Bahía Camarones's dive sites, January, February, March, October, November and December are most often reported as the best months to visit.
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