Highlights
- This 5* PADI IDC center has been operating since 2004 and has plenty of insider knowledge to share
- With mantas as its mascot, Santa Maria offers guaranteed encounters with these magnificent creatures, who can often be seen from the surface
- Find large shoals of pelagic and sometimes more than a dozen blankets (Mobula tarapacana) at some sites
- When diving in the Azores, you can expect great visibility and an abundance of underwater life, plus several reserves offering a good variety
Description
Haliotis Dive Center operates in Santa Maria in the Azores, where diving conditions are excellent and marine life is abundant.
Around Santa Maria there are around 55 diving spots including caves, canyons, walls, and reefs. Encounters with big oceanic species are always a possibility, even in the closer sites. Santa Maria's mascot is the Manta, as it is common to see them from the surface here.
Custom-designed for the efficiency and comfort of divers, there are: male and female changing rooms with a capacity of up to 60 people, hot water showers with towels, two classrooms, a technical zone with all equipment to rent, a shop selling all the top brands, and a place where you can relax before and after dives.
