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Los Arcos
Puerto del Carmen, Canary Islands, Spain
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp18–23°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Nov
About this site
Los Arcos is a reef and wall dive site near Puerto del Carmen, Las Palmas, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes cuttlefish, nudibranchs, octopus, stingrays, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 18 to 23 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Slit LimpetsFlabellina affinis
Angel SharkSquatina squatina- Dusky GrouperEpinephelus marginatus
- ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
- Wide-eyed FlounderBothus podas
- Madeira RockfishScorpaena maderensis
Nearby sites
- 1Waikiki0.2 km
- 2Richies Reef0.6 km
- 3Playa Grande1.0 km
- 4Veril de Fariones1.3 km
- 5Cb Timanfaya1.4 km
- 6Catedral1.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org