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Blue-water seamounts, volcanic shore dives, and Azores harbor culture from Horta
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Faial gives you two very different dive days from one harbor: quick coastal dives around Monte da Guia and the south shore, and long-range expeditions to pelagic seamounts like Princesa Alice Bank. Horta Marina concentrates logistics, and local operators such as Dive Azores, Haliotis, and Norberto Diver make it easy to build a flexible plan that adapts to Atlantic weather.
A submerged mountain rising to around 32 m and reached by boat from Horta (about 3 hourss each way).
A Monte da Guia coastline dive where conditions can be surprisingly calm.
A volcanicrock dive with an unusual feature: streams of gas bubbles from underwater fumaroles.
A crackentry cave with an entrance around 35 m, a corridor about 25 m long and about 1 m wide, and a chamber known for congers and narwal shrimp.
Cavernstyle exploration on the slope of Monte da Guia with volcanic swimthroughs and sheltered routes when the sea state is manageable.
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