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Acuario
Playa de San Juan, Canary Islands, Spain
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
Acuario is a cave and reef dive site near Playa de San Juan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 20 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, stingrays, octopus, sea turtles, barracuda. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 19 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
White SeabreamDiplodus cadenati
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo- Rock-pool BlennyParablennius parvicornis
SalemaSarpa salpa
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Nearby sites
- 1Los Chuchos0.9 km
- 2Alcala Reef1.8 km
- 3Brain Cave (Cueva de Cerebros)2.2 km
- 4Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga3.0 km
- 5El Balito5.9 km
- 6Atlantis7.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org