Amora
Description
Boat
By boat: 15 minutes from the marina of Vila Franca do Campo; 45 minutes from the marina of Ponta Delgada
Depth
Amora
Amora is located in the South coast of São Miguel Island, between Ponta Garça and Ribeira Quente.
Unlike other diving spots, this one is characterised by the absence of rock formations. Instead, it features quite large pebbles over a seabed of sand.
The dive starts at 15/16 m deep, descending to 28 m of maximum depth, where large jewfishes live.
During the dive, you will enjoy the company of barred hogfishes (Bodianus scrofa), Ballan wrasses (Labrus bergylta), Mediterranean parrotfishes (Sparisoma cretense) and blacktail combers (Serranus atricauda).
Spread through the peddle area there are Mediterranean rainbow wrasses (Coris julis), ornate wrasses (Thalassoma pavo), white seabreams (Diplodus sargus cadenati), moray eels (Muraena augusti) and salema porgy (Sarpa salpa).
Into the blue it is common to find large shoals of blue jack mackerels (Trachurus picturatus), amberjacks (Seriola spp.) and yellowmouth barracudas (Sphyraena viridensis).