Dive Review of Espirito Azul/Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada in
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Espirito Azul/Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada: "Sao Miguel island, Azores - Stunning topside and very nice down under.", Sep, 2025, by Denis Collins, NY, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 13570 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	There are nine islands in the Azores. I stayed and dove on the largest, São Miguel, so I can’t comment on the others. The islands lie about 1,000 miles west of Portugal in the North Atlantic. Although subtropical, the water is on the cooler side. On São Miguel, nearly all dive shops use rigid inflatable boats (RIBs). I asked a couple of dive operators about this, and they said RIBs are faster and can reach sites that larger boats cannot. However, there are a few drawbacks worth noting. The main one is space—there’s very little. Gearing up in a crowded RIB can be awkward, especially when conditions are rough. The lack of space also means there’s usually only room for one tank per diver. For two-tank dives, you return to the marina after the first dive for your surface interval, then head out again for the second. This limits how far you can travel for your first dive. Personally, I’m not convinced that the speed advantage of RIBs ou ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Espirito Azul Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	all over the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Galapagos, Red Sea and Indonesia.
Closest Airport	Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel	Getting There	Non-stop United Airlines flight from Newark, NJ, to Ponta Delgada. Easy flight. Main town, Ponta Delgada, is 15 drive from airport.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	70-75°F / 21-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	40-75 Ft/ 12-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Espirito Azul/Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada in General Travel/Other Locations/Azores islands, Sao Miguel

Espirito Azul/Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada: "Sao Miguel island, Azores - Stunning topside and very nice down under.", Sep, 2025,

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Dive Review of Espirito Azul/Casa Hintze Ribeiro, Ponta Delgada in
General Travel/Other Locations/Azores islands, Sao Miguel