Scuba Diving Around Algarve
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Things to do · Destination Guide
Atlantic wrecks, rocky reefs and cliff-lined days on Portugal's southern coast
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Base a wreck-led visit around Portimao or a reef-led visit around Armacao de Pera and Albufeira. Zambeze and Oliveira e Carmo provide the best-known artificial-reef contrast to shallower natural sites such as Castelo de Neptuno. Divespot Portugal and Easydivers document a local guided-diving and instruction model, not a liveaboard-dependent trip.
A shallower rocky option described in an operator-submitted entry with a maximum around 13 m.
Part of Ocean Revival off Portimao.
Another Ocean Revival hull, offering a separate wreck itinerary rather than an automatic add-on.
A research-vessel member of the four-hull Ocean Revival inventory.
Operator Checklist
Before booking, send your certification, recent logged experience, equipment sizes and any relevant medical-form requirements. Ask which dives are suitable without a deep or overhead qualification. Request an itemized quote covering boat, guide, cylinders, weights, rental gear and any applicable site administration. Confirm nitrox and cylinder-valve compatibility rather than assuming them. Put a check dive before an ambitious wreck day, and reserve the last part of the trip for sightseeing and the required preflight interval.
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