This is a very good dive option when there are poor ocean conditions to the southwest. This spot is remarkable for its purely volcanic rocky landscape, sprinkled with white sand. There is an excellent sample here of many of the Canary ecosystems within a very small area. On the sahllowest part, the rocky bottom is covered in a colorful carpet of seaweed. Below 10 m, the Diadema urchin has created extensive urchin-grazed barrens, –rocks without algal covering, called “blanquizal” in Spanish, or "bleached"- and the rocks, before they disappear into the stretches of sand, tend to form cliffs and caves. Black coral forests, only accessible to deep-certifieded divers, tend to grow below 40-50 m only.
This is a very good dive option when there are poor ocean conditions to the southwest. This spot is remarkable for its purely volcanic rocky landscape, sprinkled with white sand. There is an excellent sample here of many of the Canary ecosystems within a very small area. On the sahllowest part, the rocky bottom is covered in a colorful carpet of seaweed. Below 10 m, the Diadema urchin has created extensive urchin-grazed barrens, –rocks without algal covering, called “blanquizal” in Spanish, or "bleached"- and the rocks, before they disappear into the stretches of sand, tend to form cliffs and caves. Black coral forests, only accessible to deep-certifieded divers, tend to grow below 40-50 m only.
This is a very good dive option when there are poor ocean conditions to the southwest. This spot is ...
