Canary Islands

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Spain

There is a little underwater crypt with a madonna, a sunken No Fishing sign, interesting rock formations. Watch out, vicious currents can occur.

Easy from shore, there are stairs for an easy entry.

El Poris is also known as Poris de Abona.

El Poris

Sebadal de El Poris is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Tenerife which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Sebadal de El Poris





Puntilla de La Virgen is also known as Muelle de La Virgen.

Puntilla de La Virgen





El bosque de coral negro is also known as el bosquete.

El bosque de coral negro





Coral Negro del Faro  is also known as El Manso.

Coral Negro del Faro 





Caleta de La Margaza is also known as Anfiteatro del Porís.

Caleta de La Margaza





Caleta Cueva de La Arena is also known as Ensenada de los Ancianos.

Caleta Cueva de La Arena





Abades Norte is also known as Bahía de Abades Norte.

Abades Norte

From the entry spot you can start on a sandy part that brings you to a nice shallow-depth reef, direction South, at only 50 m from the beach. Divers friendly fish, wrasse, parrot fish, blue fin, breams, lizard, scorpion, morray eels (dotted, brown and tiger), octopus (common and spotted), cuttlefish, trumpetfish, nudibranches, shrimps, cardinal, abundant vegetation, the local diving centre removed most of Diadema Antillarum sea urchins and keep the are clean. After the reef, 140° through a sandy area with sea grass until the next reef, from 12 m, angel shark (abundant during the winter and all night dives), stingrays (common and round), eagle ray, bull ray, electric ray, butterfly ray, big schools of barracudas, damselfish, sardines, big anchor spotted at 15 m depth. Small caves full of trumpetfish and schrimps. To move further to the east and spot interesting volcanic rock formations and bigger rays you should rent some DPV scooters which can bring you very close to the lighthouse.

Motorway TF-1 halfway between Los Cristianos - Las Americas and Santa Cruz; exit Abades, drive down the main road to the square where are located the restaurants and the local diving centre. Access to the beach behind the square, walk to you left, the entry point is at 3/4 of the beach on a comfortable sandy area.

Abades

Great dive site, just swim out, turn left and stay between 10 and 20m from the rocks.
There's also a little cavern which you can enter.
In case of waves it's quite dangerous there. Better chose a different dive site.
Watch out for currents when leaving the bay.

Easy access from beach. Watch out for currents when leaving the bay.

Las Eras

El Tablado is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Tenerife which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

El Poris

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at El Poris