El Salvador, paradise of underwater archaeology
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Automne.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - San Salvador ?
The map of your stay "El Salvador, paradise of underwater archaeology"
Detail of the stay : El Salvador, paradise of underwater archaeology
How to get there - San Salvador
S.S. San Blas
Steps: San Salvador
San Blas Beach, near La Libertad, 35 km from San Salvador. At the far east of San Blas beach, between 100 and 200 metres from the beach edge, the wreckage is located at a depth of 3 to 5 metres. Built in 1882, the S.S. San Blas was a passenger and cargo ship capable of carrying up to 2,075 tonnes. He travelled between San Francisco and New York through Mexican ports, San Jose in Guatemala, Acajutla and La Libertad in El Salvador and Panama. On December 17, 1901, the ship ran aground in the rocks of the Comasagua River but no casualties were reported.
S.S. Douglas
Steps: San Salvador
In the Acajutla region, Sonsonate department, 70 kilometres from San Salvador. 2.26 kilometres southwest of playa Punta Remedios, Acajutla is a diving site where you can observe sunken boats including the S.S. Douglas. It is an English ship built in 1872, a mixture of steam and sailing ships. In 1875, the S.S. Douglas was sold to a German company and renamed Sakkarah. On February 10, 1890, he left the Salvadoran port of Acajutla for Hamburg. In its holds, 19,000 bags of coffee... 12,000 nautical miles from Acajutla, it touches a rock now called Punta Remedios. The boat then sank 12 metres underwater.
Off Playa Punta Remedios, humpback whales can be seen from October to February.
S.S. Cheribon
Steps: Sonsonate
Playa Los Cóbanos, Acajutla, Sonsonate County. Many species can be observed in this area: echinoderms (Echinometra vanbrunti), sea breezes (Phataria), lobsters (Panulirus gracilis), oysters (Cassostrea iridescens), octocorallias (Muricea austera) and tropical fish. The Chilean steamer S.S. Cheribon is also the underwater attraction that will make you want to take your bottles back. Built by William Denny in 1882, it sank in a collision with Punta Remedios Reef in 1901.
PSJ-2
Steps: San Sebastián
Bahía de Jiquilisco, playa de Isla San Sebastián, San Dionisio, Usulután department. Located in the eastern part of the country, 110 kilometres from San Salvador, on the outskirts of Isla Madresal and Puerto El Triunfo, it is a unique and important place for conservation that is recognized by UNESCO as the Xiriualtique Biosphere Reserve (meaning "the Bay of Stars"). The PSJ-2 wreck lies between 18 and 20 metres below the surface.
