Scuba Dive Location: Faial Island, Portugal
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| Name: | Faial Island |
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| Description: | Not only by the water's temperature, but also by the beauty of the landscape, to plunge on Faial Island is one of the most fascinating activities that we can find. Among the variety of the subaquatic flora of the volcanic deep waters of the island, the divers can find black-groupers, sharks, monk-fish, mouse-fish, fox-fish, dogfish, whiting, black and white swordfish, and many others. Due to the grave island's morphology, the coast's slope is accentuated, where it is easy to access to confortable depths for any kind of plunges. Faial has an hyperbaric camera on Horta's Hospital. Information about Faial on: http://theazoresislands.blogspot.com/search/label/FaialIsland on The Azores Islands. |
| Geographical Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Water Temperature: | The water's temperature of the blue island's ocean varies between 17ºC and 24ºC, due to the warm current of Golf. |
| Diving Suit: | Semi-dry suit |
| Visibility under water: | Presents a clear view during the whole year. |
| Climate: | The temperate climate, with average temperatures of air between 13°C in winter and 22ºC in summer relative humidity on average above 79%. |
| How to get there: | There are regular flights to the island of Faial from Lisbon, the United States and Canada. There are voyages throughout the year between Faial, Pico and Sao Jorge, extending in the summer to the other islands of the Azores. |
| When to go: | May June July August September October |
| Other Activities: | The main tourist attractions and activities to be found are the Equestrian, water sports, whale watching (whales, dolphins and sperm whale). Also can't leave without visiting the Volcano of Capelinhos. |
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Scuba Dive Photographers at Faial Island, Portugal
| João Pedro silva (1 spots) | Nuno Minoya Perez (2 spots) |
| Nuno Vasco Rodrigues (2 spots) | Ricardo Cordeiro (2 spots) |
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