We track 7 dive operators in Santa Maria. 2 teach certification courses (2 PADI, 1 CMAS). 1 run snorkelling trips. The biggest cluster is around Vila Franca do Campo, with 3. Listings are ordered by Fin Rank: a published score for how complete and verified each listing is.
Wahoo Diving is a sports activity location in Vila do Porto, Portugal, with a 4.8-star rating from 158 reviews. They offer free parking and are wheelchair accessible.
Haliotis Dive Center Santa Maria is a tour agency located in Vila do Porto, Portugal, with a 4.6-star rating from 66 reviews. They are open from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily and are noted as being good for children.
Mantamaria Dive Center is located on Santa Maria Island in the Azores. The center offers scuba diving, snorkeling, and boat trips using a fleet of five boats. They provide training through SSI and PADI certification programs.
Mantamaria Divecenter is a dive center located in Vila do Porto, Portugal. It is a tour agency with a 3.9-star rating from 139 reviews. The business is operational and offers free parking.
The 7 highest-ranked of 7. How Fin Rank works
| Rank | Operator | TripAdvisor | Discovery dive | Agencies | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wahoo Diving | 4.8(187) | 5.0 | none | CMAS · PADI | Visit |
Which centres run each site, named on their own websites or confirmed by the owner.
Fin lists 7 dive operators in Santa Maria, with the biggest cluster around Vila Franca do Campo. 2 of them run certification courses.
PADI is the most common agency (2 centres), followed by CMAS (1). SSI also appear.
1 of the 7 operators we track run snorkelling tours.
Operators are sorted by Fin Rank, a 100-point profile strength score: contact details, what they offer, the dive sites they run, their Google reputation, whether the owner has claimed the listing, and whether their own website links to Fin. 0 listings here are owner-verified. The formula is published in full on the Fin Rank page.
| 2 | Haliotis Dive Center | 4.5(75) | 4.4 | none | none | Visit |
| 3 | Mantamaria Dive Center | none | none | none | PADI · SSI | Visit |
| 4 | Mantamaria Divecenter | 3.9(152) | none | none | none | Visit |
| 5 | Haliotis | none | none | none | none | none |
| 6 | Haliotis - Santa Maria Diving Center | none | none | none | none | none |
| 7 | Wahoo Dive Center | none | none | none | none | none |