Praia Vermelha area guide anchoring the wreck on the Ilha Grande side of the bay.
Brazil · Ilha Grande and Angra dos Reis
Historic steamboat remains dive off Praia Vermelha.
Historic steamboat remains dive off Praia Vermelha.
Rio de Janeiro (Wreck) is a heritage-style dive off Praia Vermelha built around the remains of an older steamship rather than around a clean intact hull. Divers are looking for surviving machinery, scattered structure, and the satisfaction of navigating a historical debris field where the story matters as much as the shape on the bottom. That gives the site a different feel from Ilha Grande's scenic walls or modern artificial wrecks. The dive works best for teams who care about maritime history, use a guide route to make sense of the remaining machinery field, and accept that surface conditions and visibility can strongly affect how much of the wreck story is legible on the day.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Because the site is a scattered historical wreck field, stay close to the guide route so the remaining structure is easier to interpret and relocate.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Dive highlight is the shipwreck structure and remaining machinery parts visible on the site.
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Research Sources
Praia Vermelha area guide anchoring the wreck on the Ilha Grande side of the bay.
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