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Mares Diving Center, Portugal

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About Mares Diving Center

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 1.4 km away. The sea is about 16°C in March, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 24°C in August, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually June, July, August and September, with about 7 good days in 7; in January and December, about 4. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is São Roque do Pico.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • 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 1.4 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.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to PIX, changing at LIS.

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Mares Diving Center.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in São Roque do PicoAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Wind 2 kn gusting 7. Rain 8.9 mm.

The score for Advanced divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80–2 kn7kn
Mon 19Oct80–3 kn11kn
Tue 20Oct79–6 kn21kn
Wed 21Oct80–3 kn12kn
Thu 22Oct80–2 kn19kn
Fri 23Oct80–0 kn4kn
Sat 24Oct80–3 kn17kn
Sun 25Oct80–4 kn17kn
Mon 26Oct0–10 kn36knboats in
Tue 27Oct80–5 kn19kn

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7
  2. Feb5of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr6of 7
  5. May6of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct6of 7
  11. Nov5of 7
  12. Dec4of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £690–£1,315 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £325–£675
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £20–£30
  • Stay £160–£265
  • Food £150–£280

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