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ART Reef by Vhils

10 minutes from Albufeira Marina, ART Reef by Vhils Park is located right next to the Santa Eulália reef. This area was considered a reserve where only recreational diving and freediving can be practiced. The park is made up of 13 pieces removed, treated and converted into art.

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Pedra da Oura

Better known as ‘Spider Reef’ due to the abundance of spider crabs, you can also find a wide variety of gorgonians. The natural reef presents itself as a huge slab 2 meters high. An ideal place to perform specialties such as nitrox and deep diving.

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Santa Eulália

Santa Eulalia is the most popular dive site in Albufeira. It is a natural aquarium at a depth accessible to all diving levels. With a wide variety of marine life, you can see nearly all species of fauna and flora in the Algarve region concentrated at this dive spot.

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Santa Eulalia 2

This dive site is only 200 meters from Santa Eulalia I and has similar characteristics. The fauna found here includes, in a greater quantity, grey triggerfish, conger eels, and octopuses.

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Arrifes-Claire

This is a natural reef composed of a mixed layer of rock and sand. Maximum depth in the sand is 14 meters and in some areas of the reef it can be only 9 meters.

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Pinheiro

Natural reef with a big flat rocky bottom and a small wall with scatered rock blocs around it. Relaxed dive, ideal for beginners or photography enthusiasts.Maximum depth 12m.

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Taipas

Taipas is a natural reef consisting of a slab with a wall and large blocks of rock beside it. With a maximum depth of 13 meters in the sand and 10 meters at the top, it is an accessible and easy dive for all levels of certification, not more than 5 minutes from the marina.

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Pedra do Nordeste

In the first part of the reef it is possible to find in the rock recesses conger and morays eels. In the second part, rubberlip grunt and red-banded seabream often appear, and different species of nudibranchs, octopuses, and velvet swimmer crabs can be observed throughout the reef.

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Pedra do Alto

Pedra do Alto is a line of natural rocky reefs at a maximum depth of 18 meters in the sand and about 13 meters in the highest part of the reef. As in any other dive site, on the Algarve coast, there are the famous red scorpion fish.

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Tartaruga

Rock formation with different depths in various slopes. Here we can find a small reef wall covered with cracks and crevices providing shelter to numerous species of marine life. Relaxed dive ideal for all kind of divers looking for a good time under water.

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