Canary Islands

Las Palmas

Spain





Playa Chica  is also known as house reef.

Tías

Playa Chica 



By boat or by shore. There's a pier with stairs for access to the water

El Ojo

This spot it's where you probably end and start all the shore dives of Playa chica. There is a stair that's connect the water with the Pier. There it's no ships or boat docked here, but the divers boat dock here for the surface time between dives.

There is a lot of life here, Damselfish, Spider crabs, octopus, Cuttlefish, Flatfish and other similar species. Also there is a very small population of sea horses.

By night, the landscape change dramatically, because all the sand that during the day it's empty, by night it's crowded wiht anemonae and shrimps. Also by night it's possible to see angel shark looking for food.

By shore. You could jump into the water by the Pier, or go down by the stairs

Muelle de playa chica is also known as El muellito.

Muelle de playa chica





Cathedral is also known as Blaya de la Barrilla.

Cathedral

Surrounding Playa chica, there is a wall that begin in the 20-22 meters, and go down to the 35-40 meters. This wall is called "Veril" 

Here you could see hiding in the wall spider crabs, sea anemonae, nudibranch, eels and coral. Also, buried in the sand, you could find angel shark, flatfishes and cuttlefish. Despite all of this, there are a lot of small fishes around.

By shore, you enter by the Playa chica beach and swim to the rocks on the left side. 

El veril de playa chica (zona izquierda) is also known as Veril Playa chica (Left Side).

El veril de playa chica (zona izquierda)

It's told that in this spot, you could see big banks of tunas, but i haven't seen yet.



By shore, you enter by the playa chica, and surface swim to the spot

Balcon de los atunes is also known as Tuna Balcony.

Balcon de los atunes

This cave is crowed with shrimps, that hide here during the day.

When you aproach the cave, you will be flanked by some groupers that wait for the divers to go into the cave and light the shrimps, so they could eat them.

Also, near the cave there is a branch of orange coral.

By shore, by the dock of playa chica

Cueva de las gambas is also known as Shrimp Cave.

Cueva de las gambas

Veril de Fariones is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Lanzarote which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Veril de Fariones

Surrounding Playa chica, there is a wall that begin in the 20-22 meters, and go down to the 35-40 meters. This wall is called "Veril" 

Here you could see hiding in the wall spider crabs, sea anemonae, nudibranch, eels and coral. Also, buried in the sand, you could find angel shark, flatfishes and cuttlefish. Despite all of this, there are a lot of small fishes around.

By shore, you could access by a narrow walkway on the right side of the parking lot (looking to the sea)

El veril de playa chica (zona derecha) is also known as Veril Playa chica (Right side).

El veril de playa chica (zona derecha)

There could be current.  It's a dive at a Reef near the beach. You can see angel sharks, sepia and a lot of different smaller fishes.

It's near the dive place playa Chica.

Feriones

You go down to the 8 meters, and begin to going down a sandy slope until you found some rocks structures, when you turn back to the boat. In the sand area, you will find Cuttlefish, Flatfish and a lot of small species. In the rocks, if you get lucky, you could find trumpetfishes, canarian lobster and eels, and there is a branch of orange coral in one of the rocks

The dive site it's located about a half mile from the shore, it's commonly accessed by boat, although if you have strong legs, could do it by shore.

Arandelas is also known as Playa Grande.

Playa Chica

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Playa Chica