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Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga
Playa de San Juan, Canary Islands, Spain
EntryShore
Max depth15 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga is a cavern and reef dive site near Playa de San Juan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore with a maximum depth of about 15 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, stingrays, cuttlefish, sea turtles, octopus. 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
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
White SeabreamDiplodus cadenati
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo- Rock-pool BlennyParablennius parvicornis
SalemaSarpa salpa
Nearby sites
- 1Alcala Reef1.1 km
- 2Acuario3.0 km
- 3Los Chuchos3.8 km
- 4Atlantis4.5 km
- 5Brain Cave (Cueva de Cerebros)5.0 km
- 6Barranco Seco Arch6.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org