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El Desierto
Frontera, Canary Islands, Spain
EntryShore
Max depth40 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp20–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
El Desierto is a reef and wall dive site near Frontera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore with a maximum depth of about 40 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, groupers, jacks, moray eels, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo- TrantranAulostomus strigosus
- Sharpnose PufferCanthigaster capistrata
Zebra SeabreamDiplodus cervinus
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus- Island GrouperMycteroperca fusca
White SeabreamDiplodus sargus
Nearby sites
- 1Punta de El Lajial3.9 km
- 2El Hierro la Restinga6.2 km
- 3El Bajon6.9 km
- 4Arrecifal6.9 km
- 5Baja Fría7.0 km
- 6Benthos Buceo7.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org