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Arcos da Caloura, Portugal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vila Franca do Campo, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list.

About Arcos da Caloura

A cave dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.2 km away. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 24°C in August, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vila Franca do Campo, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.2 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun and Sep (over 30 m).

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PDL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

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  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Arcos da Caloura.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Vila Franca do Campo, 6 km away, is the nearest town we list.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Dive site

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Forecast

Not for Open Water divers. Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. See it for Advanced divers.

Rough cost

About £550–£1,095 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £335–£700
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £30–£50
  • Food £150–£280

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