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Barco De Las Morenas

Las Rosas, Canary Islands, Spain

Photo: Peter Moore (Moorso) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Max depth21 m

LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up

Water bodyAtlantic Ocean

Water temp19–24°C

Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov

About this site

Barco De Las Morenas is a drift and wreck dive site near Las Rosas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 21 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, octopus, cuttlefish, stingrays, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 19 to 24 °C over the year.

Conditions by month

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

Typically one of the best months here.

Marine life

Recorded nearby

Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
TrantranAulostomus strigosus
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Brown StingrayBathytoshia lata
Red StarfishEchinaster (Echinaster) sepositus

Nearby sites

Straight-line distances.

Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org