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★★★★☆ Baía da Flandres
Tranquil dive-spot full of marine life. From the initial bay, you can explore the remnants of an English shipwreck, the Camrose. Going round the “Cavalete Rock”, returning to the bay, it’s possible to explore a small shallow cavern if the air supply allows for it.
★★★★☆ Cova do Sonho
Calm/protected bay with close to no currents. With a rocky/sandy bottom, the bay is full of huge boulders with cracks/crannies that marine life uses as shelter. Going around said boulders, it’s possible to observe huge schools of fish roaming around. If the tide allows, it’s possible to explore a couple of caves.
★★★★☆ Baía do Forte
This dive site is in the bay around the fort of S.J. Baptist filled with schools of cow or two-banded sea bream, octopi, and cuttlefish, as well as smaller marine life (nudibranch). Iconic formations (such as “Muxinga“ or Whale Rock) allow the exploration of spots like the Blue Cave or the Lobster Cave, ironically inhabited by triggerfish.
★★★★☆ Carreiro dos Cações
Former spawning ground for benthic sharks. Unfortunately, today they are gone due to human action, but the name was kept and it still can offer a rich diving experience. With a sandy bottom, there is a more sheltered inner segment where it is possible to enjoy the diverse marine life inhabiting the walls of the strait.
★★★★☆ Rabo de Asno
Sought after dive-spot in Farilhões. The rock of “Rabo-de-Asno” is covered in gorgonians and nudibranchs to admire. You can descend to 30m. At the bottom, a wide sinuous cave goes through the entire rock. Exploring the cave, with flashlights, allows you to see gorgonians and other marine life from wall to ceiling.
★★★★☆ Peniche
Diving isn´t done only in Berlengas! Peniche also offers chances for diving, being it on leasure or scpeciality diving. Such dives are usually caried off of “Portinho da Areia Sul“ beach or around Peniche Fortress’ inlets.
★★★★☆ Primavera (Wreck)
The most visited wreck on the island. Being very close to shore, it is an extremely accessible wreck with depths ranging from 16 to 24m. Although quite destroyed, there is so much to explore in this wreck full of marine life. Forkbeards and Jonh Dory’s are staples, with the very sparse sightings of elasmobranchs.
★★★★☆ Gruta Lagosteira
The Lobster Cave is a point of passage to lots of divers in Berlenga. Right at the entrance we can visit the first room where we’re greeted by conger eels and triggerfish hiding in the cracks. A second more ample room can also be explored with flashlights. Both rooms possess a big pocket of air in the ceiling.
★★★★☆ Parede do Relaxe
With the wall facing east, the dive is initiated at the iconic “Elephants’ trunk”. Going down to 15 meters, we follow the wall exploring all life in the cracks and caverns appearing to the left until we reach the “Cove of Friars” or even stretching the dive to the “Lobster Cave”.
★★★★☆ Vapor do Trigo (Wreck)
Relatively accessible wreck near Berlenga. Considered deep diving, there’s usually some current. The biggest point of interest is the three big boilers with resident lobsters and conger eels. Big schools of pouting or rainbow wrasses’ make up the landscape of the metal structure of the Andreos.
★★★★☆ Rinchão - Gomes VIII
This site is an exposed rock that breaches the surface in low tides. It is an amazing diving experience, taking you down to 30 meters (with some current). Being surrounded by big schools of fish, it is at depth where it’s possible to see gorgonians and explore the boilers and inner structure of the Gomes VIII wreck.
★★★☆☆ Estelão
Being the biggest rock in Estelas, this is a sought-out spot in Berlengas. Beginning the dive in the East side of the rock, the goal is to explore the characteristic fault in the middle of Estelão. It’s in this passage canyon, rich in marine life on the water and the walls, were most of the diving takes place.
★★★★☆ Farilhão da Cova
This is an islet decorated with a gorgonian wall with the possibility of cave exploring. With a mainly rocky bottom, it is possible to observe big schools of fish flanking the rock. Usually, big forkbeards and triggerfish defend their lairs in these caves. Noticeably, one of these caves even has a freshwater spring.
★★★★☆ Corte
Corte is a calm bay shielded by the enveloping rocks of Farilhões. Shallow depths make it the ideal spot for easy diving (like speciality training) or to relax at the boat in between dives absorbing all the surrounding nature. During the summer, it’s possible to see dolphins jumping out of the water or schools of sunfish.
★★★★☆ Cemitério dos Navios
A grim name for one of the more incredible spot in Farilhões. Being less accessible, and exposed to the north, the cemetery is a testimony to the countless ships which sank in the nights and days of thick fog. The number of wrecks is such that is very difficult to differentiate between structures on the sea floor.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 - 20:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 20:00 |
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 19:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 - 20:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 20:00 |