Pozo Negro

Pozo Negro is a sheltered volcanic bay on Fuerteventura's eastern coast where an unusual combination of sandy flats, rocky outcrops, and seagrass meadows creates a diversity of microhabitats that draws manta rays in to feed on plankton blooms concentrated by the bay's circulation patterns. The site is known among local operators as Fuerteventura's most reliable manta encounter location — reef mantas are present throughout the warmer months and occasionally year-round, circling the surface in barrel rolls that indicate active filter feeding. The volcanic rock formations descend in shallow terraces inhabited by unusually dense populations of cephalopods, making this equally rewarding for macro photographers not chasing the mantas.