Scuba Dive Location: Pico Island, Portugal


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Name: Pico Island
Description: Pico island, with his cristal blue ocean and unique subaquatic views, offers to the divers a rich and diversified marine fauna, where it is to point out the rocky formations of a great subaquatic beauty. On the azorean ocean we can find groupers, sawfishes, long-beaked fishes, skates, morays, black-groupers and seals, not forggeting the great dimensioned marine species, like whales, dolphins and sharks. Pico doesn't have an hyperbaric camera but, in case of emergency, it is through the maritime way that we reach the nearest island, Faial, where this equipment exists. Information about Pico on: http://theazoresislands.blogspot.com/search/label/PicoIsland on The Azores Islands.
Geographical Location: Atlantic Ocean
Water Temperature: The water temperature oscillates between 17ºC and 24ºC on Winter and Summer, respectively.
Diving Suit: In the Winter Semi-dry suit and in the Summer Complete wet suit
Visibility under water: Visibilities in the order of 15m to 30m.
Climate: The climate varies from humid and very humid in the higher areas, with an average relative humidity of about 75%.
How to get there: It has direct flights to Lisbon, Terceira and Sao Miguel. In the winter has shipping links with the island of Faial and Sao Jorge and summer with the other islands.
When to go: May   June   July   August   September   October  
Other Activities: You can see the beautiful scenery and visit the many existing ponds and the famous areas of wine enjoying touring pedestres.Have the possibility to observe the magnificent whales through the various companies of Whale Watching. Finally can't miss the fantastic rise to the highest point of Portugal.
Useful Links:  Visit Azores | Top Ten Places to Travel | Visit Azores
 Home Page | www.sata.pt

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