
Tenerife
Spain · Atlantic Ocean
Tenerife offers year-round diving in the Canary Islands with endemic species, angel shark encounters at El Puertito, and dramatic volcanic walls; water temperatures stay comfortable in all months and visibility peaks from July through November.
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
20 species across the dive sites here

East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab
Seen 20 days ago
at El Puertito

Tenerife Lizard
Seen 22 days ago
at El Puertito
Least concern

Cory'S Shearwater
Seen 25 days ago
at Puerto Colón Wall
Least concern

Short-finned Pilot Whale
Seen 25 days ago
at Palm Mar
Least concern

Berthelot'S Pipit
Seen 28 days ago
at El Puertito
Least concern

Bottlenose Dolphin
Seen 1 month ago
at Palm Mar
Least concern

Canarian Damselfish
Seen 1 month ago
at Palm Mar
Least concern

European Parrotfish
Seen 1 month ago
at El Puertito
Least concern

Island Canary
Seen 1 month ago
at Los Gigantes Wall
Least concern

Green Sea Turtle
Seen 2 months ago
at El Puertito
Least concern

Angel Shark
Seen 3 months ago
at El Puertito
Critically endangered

Butterfly Ray
Seen 3 months ago
at El Puertito
Endangered

Striped Red Mullet
Seen 5 months ago
at Palm Mar
Least concern

Canary Wrasse
Seen 6 months ago
at Puerto Colón Wall
Least concern

Torpedo Ray
Seen 7 months ago
at Puerto Colón Wall
Vulnerable
Brown Moray
Seen 10 months ago
at Los Gigantes Wall
Least concern

Atlantic Horse Mackerel
Seen year round
at Los Gigantes Wall
Vulnerable

Common Stingray
Seen year round
at El Puertito
Vulnerable

Red Sea Fan
Seen year round
at Los Gigantes Wall

Yellow Sea Fan
Seen year round
at Puerto Colón Wall
Vulnerable
Dive sites

El Puertito
angel shark · common stingray · green sea turtle · butterfly ray

Puerto Colón Wall
canary wrasse · torpedo ray · yellow sea fan · tenerife lizard

Palm Mar
short-finned pilot whale · canarian damselfish · striped red mullet · bottlenose dolphin

Los Gigantes Wall
red sea fan · atlantic horse mackerel · brown moray · tenerife lizard