Scuba Dive Location: Flores Island, Portugal
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| Name: | Flores Island |
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| Description: | Under the warm and crystalline waters of Flores island, the divers can find depths with sand glades, vertical or subvertical walls, volcanic cones, dispersed stones on sandy depths. On zones with a depressed bathimetry, there are deposits constituted by rolled stones, great dimensioned blocks and sandy stains. Some of the plunge spots of the island can be accessed by land, but once the access doesn't have great conditions and isn't much confortable, it is advisable that the divers access it by boat. The weather conditions for plunge on the island, are not the best ones, the distance from the nearest hyperbaric camera is, at minimum, of one hour waiting and one hour to get there and the non-existence of a transport camera are the negative reasons for the subaquatic sport lovers. Although, Flores offers almost every time, interesting spots and places, thanks to the acute and shelter bays that exist on it. The exuberant subaquatic life is like an envitation to the plunge lovers, where they can find on the water species like black-groupers, yellow sergeant major, serrinidae, grey mullets, hogfish, atherine, mackerel, anchovy and a great variety of red and brown algae as beautifull and colourfull chorals. Information about Flores island on: http://theazoresislands.blogspot.com/search/label/FloresIsland, on The Azores Islands. |
| Geographical Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Water Temperature: | Temperatures between 17 C and 23 º C |
| Diving Suit: | Complete wet suit. |
| Visibility under water: | Hot water, clear and clean that provide the divers a good visibility. |
| Climate: | It's tempered by the influence of the Gulf Stream, giving values of around 17ºC, but winter is unpredictable and could create situations of isolation of the island. |
| How to get there: | Accessible by boat and by plane from Faial or Ponta Delgada |
| When to go: | May June July August September October |
| Other Activities: | The magnificent landscape of Flores can be discovered through the countless footpaths. You can visit the spectacular waterfalls (eg, Cascade Ribeira Grande), crater lakes (Lagoa Funda or Verde), sulfur springs and deep valleys. The Cave of Enxaréus, only accessible by boat, it's also an interesting place to visit. |
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Scuba Dive Sites at Flores Island, Portugal
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| Ponta da Caveira - Furna dos Encharéus (0 photos) | Porto das Lages (Night dive) (0 photos) |
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