LIVEABOARD DIVING IN Pico Island

Pico is an island in the central part of the volcanic Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 1000km/621mi west of southern Portugal. The place is unique, with a special ancient charm, virgin nature, and beautiful landscape. Pico Island provides many opportunities to de-stress by getting involved in the local environment. The underwater volcanic area has caverns, walls, and canyons with diverse marine life because of the warm Gulf Stream current. The destination is good for whales and dolphin watching, macro and wide angle photography, night diving, cave diving, and technical diving, with thousands of wrecks. The dive sites are suitable for all diver levels, and can be reached from shore.

Most popular dive sites

The most famous sites are the Princess Alice Bank (a submerged seamount, about 92km/57mi from shore), shark diving in Condor Bank and Azores Banks (about 35-46km/22-30mi from shore), and Caldeira da Cal (good visibility and variety of depths).