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Brain Cave (Cueva de Cerebros)
Playa de San Juan, Canary Islands, Spain
EntryShore
Max depth14 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
Brain Cave (Cueva de Cerebros) is a cave, cavern and wall 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 14 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, sea turtles, stingrays, cuttlefish, 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
- Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Blue Spiny StarfishCoscinasterias tenuispina- Green TurtleChelonia mydas
- Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Nearby sites
- 1Los Chuchos1.3 km
- 2Acuario2.2 km
- 3Alcala Reef3.9 km
- 4El Balito3.9 km
- 5Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga5.0 km
- 6Atlantis9.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org