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Malpique
Fuencaliente de la Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
EntryShore
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataAug–Oct
About this site
Malpique is a dive site near Fuencaliente de la Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, stingrays, moray eels, octopus, jacks. 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
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
TrantranAulostomus strigosus
Island GrouperMycteroperca fusca
Sharpnose PufferCanthigaster capistrata
Zebra SeabreamDiplodus cervinus
Blacktail ComberSerranus atricauda
White SeabreamDiplodus sargus
Nearby sites
- 1El Faro0.7 km
- 2Las Cabras2.0 km
- 3Charco Verde14 km
- 4Puerto Naos - Playa Chica16 km
- 5Playa La Bombilla16 km
- 6La Bajtia20 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org