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Portugal Underwater Photo Sites (3)
great diving with Dive Azores have fun
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Rocky reef shore dive. Easy access and lots of varying life. Great for macro.
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Great dive with sharks touching you at open sea between Pico and Horta
| Facts about Channel between Pico and Horta It is in Portugal- Channel between Pico and Horta is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Banco Condor - +/- 23 miles south Faial island
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Dive at Arcos da Caloura, S. Miguel island - Azores
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S Miguel island Azores
| Facts about Baixa dos Lourenços; S Miguel island; Azores- It is in Portugal
- Baixa dos Lourenços; S Miguel island; Azores is in the Atlantic (European coastal).
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Lots of small creatures and lots of gorgonians and soft coral, beautiful colours.
| Facts about Baixa de armação - Armação de pera- It is in Portugal
- Baixa de armação - Armação de pera is in the Atlantic (European coastal).
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Large group of rocks with silty bottom around 25m deep. This spot is known for concentrating several individuals of small-spotted catsharks (Scyliorhinus canicula), known in Portuguese as "pata-roxa", a species which is relatively rare along the Portuguese coast due to overfishing.
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Ridge of rock from -3m to -15m around a muddy bottom. Special license needed from the Setubal harbor authority. Diving is only possible during the turn of the tide and rarely exceeding 60 minutes bottom time due to the strong current. The ridge if covered with large colonies of ascideans and sea fans. The muddy bottom is ideal to find many sea slugs but a very good buoancy is required. Shore diving is possible from the Albarquel beach but there are no dive centers in that place.
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Wreck of the gunship "Faro" sunk in February 27th 1912 after colliding with a tugboat. The boiler is well preserved and houses large conger eels which often leave their dens to investigate nearby divers. Due to the nearby rivers, the bottom is covered with soft sediment which can easily affect visibility so a good buoyancy control is required. Besides all the animals living in the wreck, including the above mentioned conger eels, some forkbeards, numerous scorpionfish and octopuses, the sandy bottom also has interesting animals such as weevers, flatfish and headshield slugs. Macro subjects can also be found all around the wreck.
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Wreck of the Titan, a barge which was laying artificial reefs.
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On a good day Princess Alice is very hard to beat.
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Picture taken at Azores Bank in blue Atlantic ocean
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fantastic!
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Top dive site for blue shark encounters Condor Banks
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eye contact with a mobula ray
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A big scool of mobula-rays crossed us in a very short distance - a great impression!
| Facts about Ambrosio, Santa Maria, Azoren- It is in Portugal
- Ambrosio, Santa Maria, Azoren is in the Atlantic (European coastal).
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Very nice spot to dive. Shallow and lighty dives
| | Facts about Baleeira, Sesimbra |
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