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Lajas de Cerrillos
Roquetas de Mar, Andalusia, Spain
Water bodyAlboran Sea
Water temp15–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Lajas de Cerrillos is a reef dive site near Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain, in the Alboran Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes cuttlefish, dolphins, jacks, octopus, sea turtles. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Greater WeeverTrachinus draco
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Axillary SeabreamPagellus acarne
BogueBoops boops
Brown ComberSerranus hepatus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Red MulletMullus barbatus
Nearby sites
- 1Arrecife Artificial15 km
- 2Arrecife Barrera de Posidonia playa de Aguadulce16 km
- 3El Dies17 km
- 4La Convergencia- Roca Madre17 km
- 5La Cala del Peñon17 km
- 6Los Túneles19 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org