Fuerteventura Dive Sites - ,

Directly by the beautiful beach,where the dive centre is located, which is covered in sand dunes, you find the house reef which is 3 to 8 metres deep and perfect for night dives and open water training dives.

The boat trips start - depending on the distance to the dive site - at 08:30 h or 09:00 h, respectively. A variety of different local dive sites are accessible, with a travelling time of 10 to 30 minutes. An exception is the dive site "Salinas" which is located South of the airport and known to be one of the most beautiful diving areas in Fuerteventura. Because of the long travelling time of 50 minutes, there is only a  2 tank dive option for this site.

DIVE SITES

1. Large Muränenriff
Location: 100 metres away from the beach and about 10 minutes by boat travelling South.Diving depth: 10-40 metres.
Topography: Colourful, steeply sloping reef with overhangs, small crevices and bizarre rocks offering a perfect habitat for numerous marine animals.
Fish species: Numerous schools of blue perches, barracudas, groupers in all sizes, eagle rays, stingrays, electric rays, angel sharks, tame moray eels and much more. With a bit of luck you can even see dolphins and manta rays.

2. Small Muränenriff
Location: 50 metres away from the beach, 200 metres South of the great moray reef. Diving depth: 8-25 metres.
Topography: Species-rich overgrown reef edges at different depths with overhangs and small crevices.
Fish species: In contrast to the great moray reef the small one is distinguished by its overgrowth and its multitude of small marine life: Anemones, tube-dwelling anemones, whip and sponge corals, colourful Mediterranean rainbow wrasses, chromis, trumpet fishes and schools of sardines.

3. Jandia Canyon
Location: Approximately 1 kilometre away from the shore and about 25 minutes by speed boat travelling South. Diving depth: 10-18 metres.
Topography: The scenery is like the famous Grand Canyon on a small scale. Sparkling red, massive rocks rutted by countless sinking creeks.
Fish species: Boxfishes, puffer fishes, Atlantic bigeyes, big scorpion fishes, masked morays, tiger morays, damselfishes, lizard fishes, nudibranches, coral sponges and anemones. With a bit of luck big turtles, catsharks and bottlenose dolphins.

4. The Harbour
Location: 15 minutes by boat travelling South. Diving depth: 7-9 metres.
Topography: Big boulders on a sandy bottom provide ideal conditions for first diving experiences.
Fish species: Numerous hiding places provide an ideal habitat for sepia, squids, parrotfishes, hermit crabs, spider crabs, ghost shrimps, scorpion fishes and many more.

5. Shell Banks
Location: About 1,5 kilometres away from the shore and 20 minutes by speedboat travelling South. Diving depth: 10-15 metres.
Topography: Rocky scenery with numerous overhangs and countless caves resembling a maze. This area is spreading over several square kilometres and therefore provides a nearly endless number of diving options.
Fish species: This area is in the migration route of whales and dolphins.

6. Chupadera
Location: After a 20-minute transfer by car, the dive is started directly from the shore.
Topography: This dive site is ideal for beginners or those who just want to try diving and don’t hold a diving certification.
Fish species: Small caverns and caves offer shelter for numerous fishes and the overgrowth of the bizarre rock formations is impressive.

7. Salinas
Location: South of the airport and directly next to the former Salinas is one of the most beautiful diving areas in Fuerteventura.
Topography: In addition to the great variety of fishes, divers find great joy in the impressive underwater landscape.
Due to the travelling time of 50 minutes, this dive is only offered as two-tank or day tour.
 

Further diving on request