24. June to 23. September

Each start and end each Satuarday

Meeting is after arrival at Pico Sport diving where you do check in for paper work and equipment. Boarding is on Saturday evening at 18:00 in the port of Madalena/Pico once on board you will have a briefing with the crew about the cruise and the safety and behaviour on board.  Sunday morning we depart for the check dive. After that’s done and everybody is comfortable we leave wherever the skipper decides. During the week we plan to go to sleep at princess Alice Bank, dive at Condor bank with sharks, Baixa Rosais Sao Jorge, look out for feeding balls and Megafauna. We will dive o the best spots but all depends on the weather. So we are flexible and can not say where we will be in this week. Friday evening we will return to the port of Madalena for the last night. Saturday morning check out from 07:00 until 09:00 Food plan: Breakfast on board made by the crew During the day there are drinks and snacks available according to your wishes Please let us know if you require any special food on board.  Dinner is always on land on your own arrangement except when we sleep on the open ocean. The rest of the nights we will dock in ports like Madalena, Velas, Horta, Riberias, Calhetta Sao Jorge.  We will always stay in the triangle of Pico, Faial and Sao Jorge he crew will share the tips. 

Flights

Personal expenses, tips, e.g. for tour guides on excursions, service staff, Souvenirs etc.

Travel insurance

Miscellaneo

Dinner while docking in the Marinas

Dive gear rentale 

Please keep in consideration that our xyachts are so called luxury yachts. But please do not compare them to modern dive lie aboard that you know from other places. Our season is just to short to invest millions in a big dive vessel. Our boats take you to the best and the secret spots and we can sleep at Princes Alice Bank and dive at any time we want. Our crew will do everything to make the trip a success. Also remember that the Mid Atlantic is exposed to any kind of weather and this can change quickly. That might limit our flexibility and we must accept this situations. Anyway we only operate in the stable summer season.

It is main concern to dive save and sustainable. Therefore we ask everybody that wants to join our shark trips to dive with us at least 1 day before in a class 1 spot around Pico. Not only that you can see fantastic marine life during this dive day it helps us to understand what your status is. Also it helps you to feel comfortable in Atlantic water conditions, get used to your rental gear and so on.  

The day before your first trip to the sharks you will meet with your shark guide and get a detailed briefing about the dive. 
We follow the theories of Professor Erich Ritter / Sharkschool that there are no dangerous sharks but only dangerous situations. When we started the shark diving 12 year ago Erich educated our skippers and crew. This knowledge has been passed on since that time. 
Since nowadays work with the shark scientist Lukas Müller who is one of the leading shark scientists currently. With him we develop the guidelines for divers and Freediver and update constantly.