Scubazores Divers (Marina Store)
Marina de, 9700-154 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, Angra do Heroísmo, Angra do Heroísmo, PRT
Over het Centrum
Scubazores Divers, located in Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, is an SSI-affiliated dive center offering a diverse range of activities and courses. Divers can enhance their skills through courses such as Advanced Open Water, Enriched Air Nitrox, Rescue Diver, and Freediving. Snorkeling experiences are also available for those who prefer to explore the underwater world in a more accessible way.
The center's facilities include lockers for secure storage, rental of quality diving equipment, and a well-stocked dive shop. For client convenience, Scubazores Divers provides air and nitrox fills for tanks, along with airport transfer services. The center welcomes English and Portuguese speaking clients, ensuring smooth communication.
Scubazores Divers is dedicated to providing memorable and safe diving experiences. Its location near Angra do Heroísmo, a place renowned for its natural beauty, makes it an ideal destination for diving enthusiasts. The center adheres to SSI teaching standards, ensuring high-quality training for all experience levels.
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7 cursosCurso Divemaster
The SSI Divemaster programme at Scubazores is the top tier of the professional pathway the centre offers. An SSI Divemaster has completed the required specialty programmes and can work alongside instructors as a qualified professional, assisting with courses and leading certified divers independently. Working through a Divemaster programme on Ilha Terceira gives candidates exposure to a genuinely varied dive environment: wreck archaeology in the bay of Angra do Heroísmo, cave systems at multiple sites around the island, current-exposed offshore reefs, and introductory dives with first-time participants. The breadth of the site portfolio at Scubazores makes it a substantive environment for professional training. The programme is conducted in Portuguese and English.
SSI Open Water Diver
The SSI Open Water Diver course at Scubazores Divers spans 3 days and represents the standard entry point into certified diving. The programme is internationally recognised and gives graduates the qualification to dive independently to 18 m worldwide. Scubazores runs this course in Portuguese and English, which matters on Ilha Terceira where a mix of local and visiting divers pass through. The theory component follows the SSI eLearning format, meaning students can complete the academic section before arriving at the centre. The open water dives that make up the certification take place in the waters around Angra do Heroísmo and the north coast of Ilha Terceira. The centre's site portfolio — covering shore entries like Calheta do Lagador (18 m, easy) and Porto dos Biscoitos (18 m, easy) as well as the shallow Lidador wreck at 10 m — gives instructors a range of appropriate locations for certification dives depending on conditions. With an Open Water card from Scubazores, graduates can access the next tier of the centre's site list, including the Cemitério das Âncoras at up to 30 m, which requires Open Water certification as a minimum.
React Right - Course Combination (FA, CPR, DAE, O2)
The SSI React Right course at Scubazores covers first aid, CPR, defibrillator use and oxygen administration in a combined package that runs between 4 and 16 hours depending on the modules selected. It is listed under the Socorrismo (rescue/first aid) category on the centre's course menu. For divers planning to spend several days working through the deeper sites on the Scubazores roster — offshore reefs with current, 35 m cavern dives — having an up-to-date emergency response qualification is practical rather than optional. The centre's SSI affiliation means the React Right certification fits directly into the wider training pathway. The course is delivered in Portuguese and English.
Try Scuba- Batismo de Mergulho no Mar
The Try Scuba session at Scubazores runs approximately 120 minutes and is designed for first-timers aged 8 and up, with no prior experience required. It follows the SSI Try Scuba programme and takes place in the waters around Angra do Heroísmo, giving participants a direct introduction to breathing underwater in a controlled environment. The centre's location gives this session a meaningful backdrop. The Lidador wreck at Cais da Figueirinha — a 78-metre steam ship resting at just 8–10 m — is the kind of site that works well for introductory dives: shallow, no penetration, plenty of marine life including octopus, moray eels and grouper. Whether the Try Scuba session uses that exact spot depends on conditions on the day. Pricing is 110 € per person or 95 € when booking as a group of two or more. Equipment is included through the centre's rental package (BCD, wetsuit, regulator, fins, mask, tank and weight belt). No advance certification or study is needed to sign up. For those who complete the session and want to continue, Scubazores offers the SSI Open Water Diver course as the natural next step, with the option to count the Try Scuba experience toward the full programme.
Scooter / DPV Diving
The Scooter/DPV Diving specialty at Scubazores takes two days and mirrors the Sea Scooter activity the centre already runs commercially, where participants use underwater propulsion vehicles during guided dives. Doing the specialty course gives divers the skills to handle a DPV independently rather than as a supervised activity. Scubazores explicitly markets Sea Scooter Dive as a differentiating activity on Ilha Terceira, and running both the recreational version and the SSI specialty means instructors are clearly experienced with DPV operations in local conditions. The waters around Angra do Heroísmo and the north coast sites offer varied terrain — walls, sandy channels, cavern entrances — that make DPV diving genuinely useful rather than a novelty. The course is conducted in Portuguese and English, in line with all Scubazores SSI programmes.
Perfect Buoyancy
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty at Scubazores runs 6 to 10 hours and addresses what most divers consider the single biggest gap between theory and actual comfort underwater. Buoyancy control has a direct practical impact on the cave and cavern sites Scubazores uses regularly — stirring up silt in an enclosed space like Gruta das Cinco Ribeiras or Gruta dos Cavaco makes the dive worse for everyone. The course is run in Portuguese and English. It can be combined with other specialty programmes at the centre as part of a multi-day visit to Terceira, and it counts toward SSI's Master Diver rating.
Curso Advanced Open Water
The SSI Advanced Adventurer programme at Scubazores runs over 2 days and serves as a structured way to sample several specialty areas before committing to individual courses. It is the step between Open Water and the dedicated specialties the centre offers. With dive sites like Ilhéu da Mina (35 m, boat access, vertical wall, black coral formations) and Baixa da Vila Nova (12–30 m, 2 miles off the north coast, current-exposed) on the Scubazores roster, there's enough variety in Terceira's waters to cover the different dive profiles the programme calls for. The course runs in Portuguese and English. Participants who complete it gain direct access to deeper sites on the centre's list that the Open Water card doesn't cover, including some of the offshore reef systems that require more experience in current.
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Most water activities, including Try Scuba and Fun Dives, are open from 8 years old up to 75. The boat tour with snorkelling at Ilhéu das Cabras starts from 6 years old.
No. Full equipment rental — BCD, wetsuit, regulator, fins and mask — costs 20 €. Tank and weight belt are included in the activity price.
Scubazores Divers operates in Portuguese and English.
110 € per person. If you book as a group of two or more, the price drops to 95 € per person. The session runs approximately 120 minutes.
The Lidador wreck (10 m max) is reached from Cais da Figueirinha without a boat. Gruta das Cinco Ribeiras, Calheta do Lagador (18 m max) and Porto dos Biscoitos (18 m max) are also shore entries.
No. The site lies roughly one nautical mile off the west coast of Ilha Terceira, can present strong currents, and reaches 35 m. Scubazores lists a minimum qualification of Advanced Open Water for this site.
Yes. You can book 1 dive at 55 €, 2 dives at 95 €, a 5-dive pack with one free dive at 270 €, or a 10-dive pack with one bonus dive at 450 €.
Scubazores operates a remotely operated vehicle equipped with a 4K UHD camera (166° field of view, 12 MP, 240 FPS slow motion). It is available for underwater filming, search and recovery of lost objects, and scientific or historical exploration of the Angra do Heroísmo bay.
Marina de, 9700-154 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, Angra do Heroísmo, Angra do Heroísmo, PRT