Pedra do Alto

Pedra do Alto, located off the coast of Algarve in Portugal, offers an excellent dive experience for beginners. This dive site features a line of natural rocky reefs, extending up to a maximum depth of 18 meters in the sandy areas and about 13 meters in the highest part of the reef.

Divers exploring Pedra do Alto can encounter a diverse range of marine creatures, including conger eels, octopuses, velvet swimmer crabs, crabs, and morays. If you're lucky, you might even spot rays or marbled electric rays in the sandy sections of the dive site. The visibility here is around 7 meters, providing good underwater visibility for a memorable diving experience.

The reef itself has an elongated shape, spanning in a north-south direction, with sandy areas surrounding it. It is a relatively easy dive site to navigate, making it perfect for calm and peaceful dives suitable for divers of all levels. Even if you're a beginner diver, you can confidently explore this dive site without venturing too far from the anchor line.

For those traveling to Pedra do Alto, the site is conveniently located around 15 minutes away from the marina in Albufeira. So, you can quickly access this captivating dive site and immerse yourself in the stunning marine fauna and flora it has to offer. Don't miss the opportunity to dive at Pedra do Alto and discover the underwater wonders of this coastal paradise in Portugal.