| i stayed in santa maria last winter and dived the south coast and some of the west coast.
there is a posh riu hotel there and most of the others on the beach front seemed ok.
i dived with a portugese outfit based in a hut on the east side of santa maria,s main beech.-sorry i cant remember the name.
some of the larger hotels had dive shops in them.
the sites i dived varied from 5m to 25m viz with constant currents and about 23c.
while i was there in dec the weather was hot and sunny but the sea conditions were pretty rough on the surface and not suited for the inexperienced.
i will definately go back.
have fun.
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living near the sea. |