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The Archaeology & Petroglyphs of Arvoredo Island
Rock Art of Santa Catarina Southern Brazil
The island of Arvoredo is like Campeche in that its coastline is a barrier of pink granite boulders, it is covered in a similar dense tropical vegetation, but it is twice the size, and has no welcoming beach. This means that the island is seldom visited.
Keler Lucas organised a Scuba Dive vessel for the hour long journey out to the northern end of the island. The boat moored about 100 yards off shore as a 4 foot high swell was running. We transferred to an outboard driven inflatable dinghy, and the captain ferried us to within 20 feet of the island. Keler jumped in with a rope around his waist and swam towards the formidable shoreline. The swell washed him up against the great rounded rocks, and then sucked him off again. The landing looked impossible, but on the third attempt he managed to scramble up free of the sea.
The captain put out a stern anchor to hold the dinghy in position, enabling Keler to pull the bow up to the rocks with the outboard going in reverse. As a wave rose, Keler pulled, I jumped, and the boat quickly backed off so that it wouldn't be caught on an angle and tipped over. Was getting back on board going to be so easy?
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