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Diving Center Tenerife
El Condecito Wreck
This wreck off the coast of Tenerife is a popular dive site known for its fascinating history and abundant marine life.
This wreck is a former Spanish ferry that was intentionally sunk in 1972 to create an artificial reef and diving attraction. The wreck is now inhabited by a variety of marine species, including barracudas, moray eels, groupers, schools of colorful fish, rays. You can explore the remains of the ship, including its deck, hull, and interior compartments
Max. depth: 30m (100 ft.)
Level required: All levels
Navigation: 15 min by speed boat
Pal Mar Wall
Pal Mar Wall - plateau with the depth from 6 to 30 meters. It is possible to go down from the plateau on a sandy bottom with rays, angelsharks, and even runs of barracudas.
The dive site is located near to a farm of dolphinfish cultivation; therefore, dolphins are very often to see here. This dive site will be interesting for divers of any level.
Max. depth: 30 m
Level required: All levels
La Caleta
La Caleta - this reef is a volcanic plateau with two islands raised over the sea surface. The depth makes from 6 m to 22 m; often there are moderate currents.
The hardened lava created arches, craters and "mushrooms", serving as a shelter for rays, cuttlefishes and sea slugs. This site is perfect both for beginners and skilled divers.
Max. depth: 22m
Level required: All levels
Neptun Cave
Neptun cave is a small through cave at a depth of 23 meters, with daylight. This is a dive site of medium complexity, because of frequent currents.
The cave shelters the run of cornetfishes and big spiny lobster constantly living there. The Canary crab and rays are also often to see there. This site suits well for experienced divers.
Max. depth: 23m
Level required: Experienced
Montaña Amarilla
Situated in the tourist area called Costa Del Silencio. This is a very popular place for diving. Here you may enjoy the peculiar lava formations – rocks, arcs filled with colored corals and sponges.
An underwater mountain with arcs and grottoes rises from the flat sandy sea bottom. A 4 meter wide cave allows getting inside easily. Grottoes and small caves became a great shelter for fish and other sea creatures. You can meet cuttlefish, sea eels, morays, lobsters, spider crabs, big shoals of fish, stingrays, octopi, barracudas and angel sharks.
Max. depth: 14-35 m
Level required: All levels
Los Chuchos
The dive site is situated near the southern town called Las Galletas. Only a few hundreds of meters away from the entrance to the bay there is a small wreck, where all the interesting things are going on. Close to the shipwreck there are a dozen of lured rays, which are always happy to enjoy the food you give them. Also there are morays, octopi, cuttlefish, madrigals, angel sharks, swarms of eels and sometimes even turtles.
Feeding the rays and also having colourful pictures in the shoal of silver shining fish are the must do rituals, so make sure you bring a camera to this dive!
Max. depth: 18-22m
Visibility: 40m
Level required: All levels
El Meridian
A sunken ship El Meridian lies at the sand sea bed near the rocky reef. El Meridian used to be a minesweeping ship during the World War II and after the war was over became a fishing boat. In 1973 Wolfgang Mertis restored and renovated it, after which Meridian was taking tourists to sea trips.
Today El Meridian is an artificial reef with abundant sea ecosystem. You can get there by boat; such trip will take no more than 10 minutes. El Meridian lies at 30 meters depth and provides a great opportunity to explore the wreck.
Max. depth: 30 m
Navigation: 10 min by speed boat
Maria Virgine
The Virgin Maria statue was lowered at a depth of 32 m by fishermen seeking for protection of the Blessed Virgin.
After many years, the statue got overgrown with soft sponges. Nearby, there is a tablet in honour of Jacques Cousteau, at the depth of 38 meters. This dive site is rich in rays, morays, and runs of barracudas.
This site is for advanced and confident divers.
Max. depth: 40 m
Level required: Experienced
Los Cerebros
The beauty and uncommonness of this place captivate even experienced divers. Of volcanic origin, the cave is made of several relatively narrow passages of different height, which were formed because of the instant contact of the liquid lava and seawater. The entrance to the cave is at 10 m depth and its length is around 90 m. Outside the cave there are many separate prismatic obelisk pillars. If you take a lantern with you, a great play of light awaits you. It is protected from the surroundings by the column of sea sponges, which are very rare to see in this part of the Atlantic Ocean. Here you can see rays, rockfish, parrotfish, shrimps, crabs and fireworms.
Max. depth: 13 m
Level required: Experienced
Navigation:
Coastal dive from Playa de San Juan
Palm Mar Cave
A well know Palm Mar Cave dive site is a plateau that lays 15-17 meters deep underwater. On 27 meter depth there is an entrance to the cave, not far from which there is a crucifix and a statue of Madonna with the baby on her hands. It is called to bless the fishermen which go to sea from Los Cristianos port. The cave with several galleries is located on the depth 16-38 meters. The whole wall is covered with small holes, where morays live. Around the cave one can see rock yield from the sandy seabed, which gradually extends into the depth. In winter time the cave becomes a frequently visited place for mating game of the Atlantic stingrays.
Max. depth: 38m
Level required: All levels
Visibility: 30-40m
Ali Baba Cave
The dive begins with descending to the plateau at 30 meters depth, after than rounding the ledge you will descend deeper to the sandy sea bottom where the entrance to the cave is.
It is recommended to take a light with you to have a better look at the walls covered with shrimps and black corals. Sea breams, stingrays, barracudas, angel sharks dwell here; you may even meet glass fish here.
Max. depth: 40m
Level required: Experienced
Punta Rasca
This volcanic plateau, protruding far into the sea, with a denting at the depth of app. 30 meters, shelters black corals, runs of tunas, barracudas, and rays, hidden in canyons.
Excellent visibility opens a marvellous slope with volcanic formations. After plunging at 40 meters, you can do down to 90 m or start rising.
Max. depth: 90m
Level required: Advanced
El sueño
Surprisingly gorgeous dive site starts at the depth of 30 and goes down to to the depth of 90 m and deeper. Orange corals grow on a slope of volcanic plateau, mainly at the depths from 50 m.
A tremendous view on barracudas run opens through an arch in the canyon overgrown with black corals.
Max. depth: 90m
Level required: Advanced
Veril del Farro
This volcanic plateau on the Southern Cape of Tenerife Island, beginning at the depth of 30 m, is famous with strong currents.
Peckled with arches and through grottoes at the depths from 25 to 45 meters, this dives site will be interesting for technical or deep-sea recreational diver. Decompression will never be boring with curious cuttlefishes.
Max. depth: 45m
Level required: Advanced
Playa Paraíso
A volcanic plateau protruding far to the sea with the depth from 4 to 33 m. The deep part of the site is a fanciful pile of huge boulders and cooled down basalts with the form of small arches and grottoes, serving as habitat for sea anemones and shrimps and as a shelter and protection for the runs of spot fin croakers.
The shallow part is overgrown with sponges and shelters octopuses and cuttlefishes.
Max. depth: 33m
Level required: All levels
Las Rosas
A barrier with shallow caves and tunnels, formations among the volcanic stones. While diving one may see coloured corals on the rocks and shoals of tiny fish shining in the sun. Among the sea creatures that inhabit this place you may see the Atlantic stingrays, seals, butterfly rays, flute fish, zebra sea bream, barracudas, the Canary lobster, octopi; and at 30 meters depth you may enjoy the view of the black corals. The underwater flora and fauna of this dive site improved significantly since it was cleaned from the sea urchins that used to live here in great numbers.
Max. depth: 30 m
Level required: All levels
