El Faro (Punta Rasca)
About 22 minutes by boat, under the Punta Rasca lighthouse: moor over a platform at 6 m, descend the wall to 20 m and look into arches filled with glasseyes, grunts, barracuda and salema. In the tunnels you find crabs, cleaner shrimp, Canary lobster and prawns; on the sand angel sharks and rays. Colourful, easy, all levels as long as there is no current.
Facts
- Region: Canary Islands – West
- Area: Tenerife
- Depth: 6–20 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: moderate
- Type: wall, reef
- Coordinates: 27.9998, -16.695 (approximate)
- Highlights: stone arches full of bigeye and grunts, barracuda, tubular basalt formations, spiny lobster
- Tips: Easy only without current. Position approximate (below the lighthouse).