Azores – Flores & Corvo (Western Extremes)

About Azores – Flores & Corvo (Western Extremes)

Flores and Corvo are the remote westernmost Azores islands, offering pristine, rarely dived walls that plunge into the deep Atlantic. Ponta do Albernaz and Caneiro dos Meros host huge gorgonians, black coral and massive dusky groupers, while Gruta dos Enxaréus on Corvo is a cathedral-like sea cave. The underwater basalt columns of Rocha dos Bordões add dramatic geology. This region rewards careful planning and respects marine-protection rules, offering rewarding diving for a range of Atlantic experience levels. This region rewards careful planning and respects Portuguese marine-protection rules, offering rewarding diving for a range of Atlantic experience levels. This region rewards careful planning and respects Portuguese marine-protection rules, offering rewarding diving for a range of Atlantic experience levels.

Highlights

• ✓Ponta do Albernaz: steep walls with black coral, groupers and occasional mantas.
• ✓Caneiro dos Meros: a wall dive famed for massive dusky groupers and morays.
• ✓Gruta dos Enxaréus: impressive Corvo sea caves with glassfish and lobsters.
• ✓Rocha dos Bordões: iconic submerged basalt columns with abundant macro life.
• ✓Pristine, rarely dived sites with excellent visibility.

Getting There

Fly into Flores Airport (FLW), with Corvo (CVU) reached by a short inter-island flight or ferry. Diving is run by the small local centres from Santa Cruz das Flores and Vila do Corvo.