Azores Chaffinch confirmed 23 days agoPeak season now

Monte da Guia

Azores — Faial and Pico · Portugal

Monte da Guia is a twin volcanic crater peninsula on the southeastern tip of Faial, where the submerged caldera walls drop vertically into water at 25 to 40 metres, encrusted with the dense cold-water invertebrate life that defines Azorean reefs. Walls of yellow cluster anemones and red soft corals are patrolled by enormous grouper and amberjack, while the sheltered lagoon inside the crater gives shorebound divers an accessible introduction to Azorean marine life.

Conditions

Depth

5 to 40 m

Advanced depths

Current

Usually still

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

20 to 30 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

15 to 26°C

5mm wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	16	15	15	16	17	20	22	23	22	20	18	16
Vis (m)	10	10	12	15	15	15	20	20	15	15	12	10
Current	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Still	Still	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate