BAIA DE ENTRE MONTES
Portugal
Baía de Entre Montes is a versatile dive site of the coast of Faial island in the Portugese Azores. Located in a shallow bay and sheltered from wind and currents, it is an excellent dive site for scuba training, night diving, underwater photography and snorkeling. Baía Entre Montes means bay between the hills.
Particulars
Enter the water from the boat and discover Baía de Entre Montes first at a depth of 7 meters. Observe the impressive wall of the Guia Hill volcano. Marine life is bursting between the crevices and holes of the rock formation. Proceed down to 15 meters, where the rocks and the sandy bottom meet, in search of stingrays. Descend to a maximum of 20 meters and then start your ascent.
Warnings
Scuba training can sometimes negatively affects visibility at Baía de Entre Montes.
BAIA DE ENTRE MONTES Features
- Nicknames
- Baía de Entre Montes
- Address
- Failal, Portugal
- Parking
- At harbor
- Distance
- 5 min.
- Suitable for
- All levels, underwater photography, night diving, scuba diving practice
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, night dive, snorkeling, boat dive, underwater photography
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 10 - 20 m.
- Average visibility
- 15 m.
- Depth
- 20 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Green moray, common hermit crab, stingray
- Other recreation
- Swimming