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El Balito
El Balito / Marazur · Playa de San Juan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyNorth Atlantic Ocean
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
El Balito is a dive site near Playa de San Juan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Commonly reported marine life includes barracuda, moray eels, octopus, lobsters, dolphins. 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
- 1Brain Cave (Cueva de Cerebros)3.9 km
- 2Los Chuchos5.0 km
- 3Acuario5.9 km
- 4Alcala Reef7.7 km
- 5Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga8.9 km
- 6Playa Las Vistas12 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org