# Try dive and snorkelling in the Luiz Saldanha marine park

What to do en Sesimbra · Sesimbra

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/diving-and-snorkelling-marine-park · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 60 € per person
- Duración: 3 h
- Temporada: All year; best from June to October
- Para quién: Able to swim; no experience needed

First dive or guided snorkel in the Arrábida marine park, off Sesimbra · 3 h · From €60

Sesimbra is the diving capital of mainland Portugal: calm water almost all year, mixed rock and sand bottoms and the Luiz Saldanha marine park, created in 1998, with more than 1,400 species. The town council cites as starting points Pedra do Leão and Jardim das Gorgónias, on the east of the bay, and Ribeiro do Cavalo and Baleeira, on the west: colourful nudibranchs, gorgonians, octopus and spider crabs.
Vertente Natural leaves from the harbour with two options for those who have never dived: a three-hour guided snorkel, from €60, and a try dive with an instructor, also three hours, from €120. Qualified divers also have the wreck of the River Gurara, 175 m long, sunk in 1989 next to Cabo Espichel at about 28 m.

Lo organiza: Vertente Natural, desde 60 € per person (https://vertentenatural.com/pagina-de-atividade/snorkeling/)

Lo organiza: Vertente Natural, desde 120 € per person (https://vertentenatural.com/pagina-de-atividade/mergulho/)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 38.43655, -9.11568

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hotel do Mar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-stay/hotel-do-mar), a 1.1 km
- [Boat to Ribeiro do Cavalo beach and the coves of the Arrábida](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/boat-to-ribeiro-do-cavalo-beach), a 1.3 km
- [Fortaleza de Santiago and the Sesimbra Maritime Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/maritime-museum-and-fortaleza-de-santiago), a 1.5 km
- [O Canhão Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-eat/o-canhao), a 1.5 km
- [Sesimbra Municipal Market, fish from the fish market](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/sesimbra-municipal-market), a 1.6 km
- [O Rodinhas Seafood Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-eat/o-rodinhas), a 1.6 km
- [SANA Sesimbra Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-stay/sana-sesimbra), a 1.7 km
- [Sesimbra Castle and its walls above the sea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/sesimbra-castle), a 1.8 km

Destino: [Sesimbra](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra.md)