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    Conny Pemfors
    Älvsjö , Sweden
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    Dive  190
    Divesite:Baixa do Espelho 2017-08-06
    Sunday
    6 August
    2017
    Divelocation:Azores - Sao Miguel,Portugal
    Divecenter:Season Challenge Diving Center
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    Started dive: 09:50:00
    Air: 22℃
    Ended dive: 10:36:00
    Max depth: 21.4 m
    Average depth: Not known m
    Surface: 21℃
    visibility: 10m
    Tank: Unkown
    Pressure level: 0 bar
    Start: 200 bar
    End: 60 bar
    Bottom: 19℃
    Time dive: 00:46:00
    Weight belt (kg)
    4.0
    Type of dive specified:
    Fundive
    Used nitrox:
    No
    Dive equipment
    Full wetsuite 5mm
    Dive environment
    Ocean
    Own comments
    average bottom time: 13,1 m
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    Divesite Baixa do Espelho
    Location
    Azores - Sao Miguel
    Description
    Not known
    Access to location
    Known as the Green Island, this is the biggest island of the Azores. It is about 54 miles away from its nearest neighbour, the island of Santa Maria, and about two times that distance from the closest island of the central group, Terceira.
    Best time to visit location
    São Miguel offers divers a great variety of sites and is easily accessible, with daily nonstop flights and a fascinating city base full of history and interesting monuments. Among the many coastal dive sites the ‘Dori’ shipwreck is undoubtedly the highlight. This Liberty ship from World War II rests on a sandy seafloor at an ideal depth for diving, just a few minutes away from the city of Ponta Delgada. Between may and september
    Country
    Portugal
    Average ranking by divers
    Information about the site
    The Baixa do Espelho (Mirror Reef), also known as the Baixa da Relva (Relva Reef), is located in front of the parish of Relva about 200 metres from the coast and about 5 miles from the Ponta Delgada Marina. With a minimum depth of 6 metres and a maximum of 23 metres, this dive is accessible to all divers and is suitable for snorkelling. The top of the reef is full of small colourful fish, typical of the Azores, as well as several species of moray eels that peek through the holes. Small ornate wrasses (Thalassoma pavo), schools of salema porgies (Sarpa salpa) and grey triggerfish (Balistes carolinensis) can also be seen. Descending along the reefs flank, you will find a small cave which you can enter to see some stretches of black coral (Antipathes wollastoni). This is an excellent place to see schools of pelagic fish such as Almaco jacks (Seriola rivoliana) and yellowmouth barracudas (Sphyraena viridensis). Close to the bottom, at a depth of 23-metres, you can sometimes spot large common stingrays (Dasyatis pastinaca) lying motionless on the sandy seafloor, as well as swallowtail seaperches (Anthia anthia).
    Access to the site
    20 minutes from the Ponta Delgada Marina, 60 minutes from the Vila Franca do Campo Marina
    Conditions around the site
    quite good and ideal for Night dive Underwater photography Diving Baptism Snorkeling
    Average depth
    15
    Maximum depth
    23
    Currents
    Weak currents,Weak currents and usually easy to dive, seldom strong currents
    Surface conditions
    Wavy,Wavy and some times it can get rough
    Recommended diver experience level
    Advanced DiverAdvanced Diver,Advanced diver with certificate up to rescue diver and at least 50 dives
    Number of logged dives
    3
    Near dive centers
    Season Challenge Diving Center
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