La Garita
La Garita is named after an old military lookout and anti-aircraft post of the Castillitos coast defences. Stepped rock terraces and fallen blocks lead down to about 29–30 m, with a permanent mooring for boats; a few specimens of the giant triton (Charonia lampas) and groupers, conger eels, moray eels, octopus and barracuda are reported. Position estimated from map data, for orientation only.
Facts
- Region: Spain – Region of Murcia (Cabo de Palos, Cabo Tiñoso, Águilas)
- Area: Cabo Tiñoso & La Azohía
- Depth: 30 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: moderate
- Type: wall, reef
- Coordinates: 37.54096, -1.16476 (approximate)
- Highlights: stepped rock terraces, triton shells, moored dive
- Permit: Inside the Cabo Tiñoso marine reserve of fishing interest (declared 2016). Diving within the reserve needs a prior authorisation from the regional fisheries directorate (inner waters) and, for the outer waters, follows Order APM/844/2017 (per the ministry's reserve sheet, scuba diving in the outer waters is allowed only in the Cabo Falco and Baza zones with prior authorisation). Local dive centres apply for the authorisation and the trip carries a supplement. Check the current rules with a local centre.
- Issuer / contact: Dirección General competente en materia de pesca, Región de Murcia (inner waters; sede.carm.es procedure 1153) / Secretaría General de Pesca, MAPA (outer waters)
- Phone and e-mail not verified; see the official page.
- Tips: The operator Buceo Hispania places it inside the Cabo Tiñoso reserve, so the authorisation is needed; the tourism listing's column layout is ambiguous.