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| Funchal (Madeira) |  
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Description:
Capital of Madeira, located on the south side of this Island. The Island has a surface area of 741 km2. The island is twice as close to the African coast than to the European continent. It is a 1 hour 30 minute flight from Lisbon. The archipelago, discovered by the Portuguese in 1418, is made up of the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo and the uninhabited islands of Selvagens and Desertas. These islands, because of their privileged geographical position and mountainous relief, have a surprisingly mild climate. Very mild average temperatures, 22ºC in the summer and 16ºC in the winter, and a moderate level of humidity, confer upon these islands exceptional subtropical features. The seawater temperature is also very mild, because of the influence of the warm Gulf current. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Funchal, 25 km away |
| Average watertemp: Min 15 - Max 25 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 20 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Rocks, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Diving possible around the year.
Best time: May till end of Octobre |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins |  | | |  | |  | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parrotfish, dusky grouper, comb grouper, trigger fish, jacks, wrasses, barracudas, macjerels, tuna, red hogfish, pompano, bastard grunt, striped mullet, bream, zebra bream, two-banded bream, glasseye, trumpetfish, sodfish, garfish, garden eel
| | | Hawksbill turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mostly hawksbill and green turtles.
Many, many encounters on sail trips.
| | | Manta rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black moray, tiger moray, mediter. moray,
possible conger eals
| | | Pelagic fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunfish can be seen!
| | | Sea lions and fur seals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Monk seals, growing population is living in a isolated, protected area. Are seen frequently, even during dives.
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Butterfly rays and stingray
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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