Punta Pirámide's sites lie within Golfo Nuevo on the Peninsula Valdés coast and cover a wide range of topography: reef, kelp forest, cave, and artificial reef, from shallow snorkel entries to walls reaching thirty-five metres. Visibility is variable, ranging from three metres up to thirty metres at sites such as Punta Pardelas. Water is cold year-round, coldest around eleven degrees Celsius in late winter and reaching the mid-to-upper teens in summer. South American sea lions are consistently curious at these sites, and the species list includes nudibranchs, skates, blue sharks, seahorses, bottlenose dolphins, and, seasonally, humpback whales.
Monthly water temperature across Punta Pirámide's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperatures are coolest in late winter and early spring, around eleven degrees Celsius, and warmest in late summer at around seventeen or eighteen degrees. Visibility improves noticeably outside the winter months, reaching up to thirty metres at more exposed sites, making late spring through autumn the preferred period for longer dives.
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Water temperature around Punta Pirámide ranges from about 11°C in August to 17°C in March, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 17°C) a 7mm or semi-dry suit is comfortable in Punta Pirámide; in the coldest months (about 11°C) step up to a drysuit.
Fin maps 5 sites in Punta Pirámide (5 scuba diving sites and 1 snorkelling spots, with some suited to both).
Across Punta Pirámide's dive sites, January are most often reported as the best months to visit.
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