Diving in Portugal

1 destination and 20 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.

Where to dive in Portugal

Azores

Portugal

Best Jul–Oct

4 Open Water, 8 Advanced, 8 Experienced+

Azores, Portugal

Offshore seamount 3 hours from Pico/Faial, rising to about 35 m, known for devil rays and visibility up to 40 m.

Azores, Portugal

Pinnacle

down to 60 m

Azores, Portugal

Dive the caldera of a submarine volcano whose 13 m summit briefly formed an island in 1720, with fumarole bubbles rising from the rock.

Wreck

down to 21 m

Azores, Portugal

WWII Liberty ship lying at 9-21 m just off Ponta Delgada, now a protected archaeological park with clouds of fish around the intact stern.

Rock formations

down to 60 m

Azores, Portugal

Offshore marine reserve reef with 25 m+ visibility, schools of jacks, tunas and barracudas, and big groupers that come close.

Pelagic

down to 60 m

Azores, Portugal

Remote reefs north of the Formigas Islets, a marine reserve where large migratory pelagics such as tunas, wahoos and barracudas pass.

Photo credits

Coastline of Faial island, Azores, JopkeB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers on the Princess Alice Bank, Azores, Waielbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Formigas islets above the Dollabarat reef, Azores, Formigas_Islets.jpg: Fernando Tempera derivative work: JotaCartas (talk), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons