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Atlantic museum

Atlantic museum

Adventure, Boat, Kids, OWD, South

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Atlantic Museum

 

  • Max. 18m
  • Boat
  • Min. OWD
  • Playa Blanca
Atlantic Museum

The Atlantic Museum is the first underwater art museum in Europe. It is situated in front of the coast in Playa Blanca and can be accessed only with a boat. 

You descend on a safety buoy, which makes it accessible for beginners as well. The guide will take you along a given route, which leads you to a max. depth of 17m in approx. 45min. You will see a large artificial reef formed by sculptures made with neutral pH concrete that over time encourages a variety of life to grow on them. Every statue has its own story to tell and is symbolic of a topical commentary on society today. Our specially trained Eco Dive Guides will give you further details to the meaning of the different statues.

 

Atlantic Museum

It is not allowed to touch the statues, as they are covered already in marine life. Jason de Caires Taylor, the artist who built this museum, wants to highlight the bond between art and nature. His intention is to make visitors more aware of the importance of the sea and all of its natural resources.

The Atlantic Museum offers not only statues but also a lot of marine life. Triggerfish, angelsharks and big shoals of fish live in the area surrounding the dive site.

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Atlantic Museum

Punta de la Pared

Punta de la Pared

Advanced, Adventure, North, OWD, Shore

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Punta de la Pared

  • 5 – 20 m
  • Shore
  • Min. OWD
  • North
Punta de la Pared - Angelshark

This is a divesite with a canyon in the north of the island. Divers need to kit up by the car and cross the rocks towards a small horseshoe formation in the lava which forms a small bay. On the right hand side you should find a small metal ladder, at high tide it is safe to jump, but at low tide the bottom is only about 1.5m deep. This tricky entrance makes it a site for the more adventurous and experienced divers.

This divesite offers a wide variety of sights for divers from advanced level and upwards. The use of this site depends largely upon the weather, but when we get the opportunity, we love to explore this special area.

The highlight is a large sized fissure in the rock. This is an excellent area to find crabs, urchins, nudibranchs or bigeye red bream. The flat sandy areas are ideal for spotting angelsharks and rays of many different sizes.

This divesite is perfect for divers that don´t mind a tricky entrance as the maximum depth is about 20-25 meters. The relatively shallow depth has no impact on the opportunity for seeing wildlife however, as this site is excellent for spotting barracuda, moray eels, slipper lobster and octopus, as well as many other endemic species.

Canyon
The reef
Punta de la Pared - Reef
The canyon opens out at about 15m with the vertical reef wall on your right shoulder, the left falls away to a sandy bottom at about 20m. As you keep the reef wall to your right, out to the left you will see a number of large solitary rocks in the sand about 10 – 15m out. These are well worth a look round as there is a good chance to see large rays and angle sharks.
Punta de la Pared - Canyon

To the right of the entry point we find the canyon. It is about 10 meters deep and it is only wide enough for single file.
The crack runs for about 35m and is a good spot for shrimps and crabs, with many nooks and crannies. There is a direct line of ascent to the surface at all times, ensuring a safe and enjoyable place to explore. Divers should exercise caution however, as it is home to a large number of spiny urchins.

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Punta de la Pared - North

Puerto Moro

Puerto Moro

Advanced, Adventure, North, Shore

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Puerto Moro

  • Max. 40 m
  • Shore
  • Advanced
  • North
Puerto Moro Divesite north

Puerto Moro is a great dive in the north of Lanzarote. Every diver that wants to explore this ”off-road” dive site has to be a little bit adventurous to “conquer” the entrance and exit. A little rock scramble is necessary to enter or exit the water, and that´s why it is a spot for experienced or well trained divers.

Once underwater however, you are rewarded for your efforts with some of the most beautiful caves, tunnels and lava tubes on Lanzarote.

This divesite also offers “piste” like slopes whose depth looks endless yet plays host to angelsharks and a variety of rays. A small tunnel from 8m to 15m brimming with shrimps, fork beards and cardinal fish can be found here too. Puerto Moro also houses lobster, spiny spider crab, octopus, cuttlefish and a whole host of fish species.

Lava tube
Big cave
Puerto Moro Divesite north
This expedition dive takes experienced divers to the lava tube. This is a lava tunnel which starts at about 10m and has exits at 20m and 30m. There are many small opening which makes for some atmospheric photography. The tube is home to many thousands of shrimp, with rays and morays being occasional visitors. Large stretches of the tunnel have no clear route to the surface so the lava tube it not for the faint hearted.
Puerto Moro Divesite north
On 8m there is a large cave, where divers can usually find large sting rays and it is a great dive for people that prefer to stay shallow.

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Entrance Puerto Moro

Lost Knickers Beach

Lost Knickers Beach

Advanced, Adventure, Costa Teguise, Shore

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Lost Knickers Beach

 

  • Max. 40m
  • Shore
  • Advanced
  • Costa Teguise
Lost Knickers Beach

A great dive site close to Costa Teguise, which is known locally as “Lost Knickers” (don´t ask!). The entrance can be a little awkward over lava rocks, at the edge of which divers can enter the drink. The entry point also has some boulders forming some natural stairs which serve as the exit point.

Once in the water, there is a short surface swim to a buoy and the dive starts with a descent at 5m.

Divers are rewarded for the slightly tricky entry; as a very impressive submerged lava landscape is revealed, where it’s possible to find many creatures such as octopus, parrot fish, sea hares, and cuttlefish to name a few. As always, caution is advised with the sea urchins, especially during the exit.

Heading directly away from the coast, the broken lava field gradually drops to about 18m where the impressive sheer reef wall bottoms out 30+ meters. This wall is home to many pelagic species including amberjacks, rays and tuna. In the overhangs on the wall one can find orange tree coral, slipper lobsters, morays and cleaner shrimp. Resting on the sand or patrolling the wall it is also common to see angelsharks during the dive.

Because of the slightly more strenuous entrance, exit and depth profile this dive site is reserved for appropriately qualified divers with at least 50 logged dives.

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Lost Knickers Beach

Seta

Seta

Advanced, Adventure, Boat, Puerto del Carmen

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Seta

 

  • max. 40 m
  • Boat
  • Advanced
  • Puerto del Carmen
Seta

Seta is located between the dive sites Fariones and La Pared in the last quarter of the Playa Grande – the “Big Beach” in Puerto Del Carmen. This dive site is named after the mushroom shaped rock formed by the lava, also known as Seta (Spanish word for mushroom).

You can access the dive site from the beach or the boat. Either following a sand slope down to the reef or dropping down the buoy line, down onto the reef next to the mushroom rock, we begin by exploring the many crevices along the wall. Keep your eyes peeled along the wall, the sand bed, above the wall and out into the blue, here is where you will find angelsharks, rays, barracuda and trumpet fish – all common in this area. Take the opportunity to explore underneath the ledges which are formed by the wall. You can see much of the fauna that occupies Lanzarote’s waters; cloaked anemone crabs, slipper lobster, candy striped flatworms and leopard sea slugs are often spotted here.

This reef wall around the seta rock is a very beautiful wall. Due to its location and access there are not so many divers and we can usually look forward to being the only dive group on the site.

With a maximum depth of 40 metres, this dive is suitable for Advanced Open Water dives (or equivalent) and above. As there can be strong currents along the reef wall, it is for divers with a min. of 40 dives only.

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Seta