Lanzarote
Spain · Atlantic
Lanzarote hosts the world's first underwater sculpture museum and benefits from Atlantic upwellings that bring unexpected diversity to volcanic reef walls including angel sharks and rays year-round.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
22 species across the dive sites here
Common stingray
Seen 20 days ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Vulnerable
Dusky Grouper
Seen 22 days ago
at El Bajón
European Common Cuttlefish
Seen 22 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Least concern
Great Grey Shrike
Seen 22 days ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Least concern
Common Octopus
Seen 22 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Least concern
Cuttlefish
Seen 22 days ago
at Playa Chica
Least concern
Short-Snouted Seahorse
Seen 22 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Least concern
Berthelot'S Pipit
Seen 23 days ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Least concern
Canary damselfish
Seen 24 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Least concern
Common eagle ray
Seen 24 days ago
at El Bajón
Critically endangered
Regal Sea Goddess
Seen 24 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Jameos Blind Crab
Seen 28 days ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Trumpet fish
Seen 28 days ago
at Museo Atlantico
Least concern
Angelshark
Seen 1 month ago
at Museo Atlantico
Critically endangered
Angel shark
Seen 1 month ago
at Playa Chica
Critically endangered
Atlantic Lizard
Seen 1 month ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Least concern
Barred hogfish
Seen 1 month ago
at Museo Atlantico
Vulnerable
Atlantic barracuda
Seen 2 months ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Least concern
Mediterranean moray
Seen 3 months ago
at Los Jameos del Agua Reef
Least concern
Black coral
Seen year round
at El Bajón
Mantis shrimp
Seen year round
at Playa Chica
Pipefish
Seen year round
at Playa Chica
Least concern
Dive sites
Museo Atlantico
canary damselfish · trumpet fish · barred hogfish · european common cuttlefish
Los Jameos del Agua Reef
common stingray · mediterranean moray · atlantic barracuda · atlantic lizard
El Bajón
angelshark · common eagle ray · black coral · short-snouted seahorse
Playa Chica
angel shark · common stingray · common octopus · mediterranean moray