The top 12 dive and snorkel sites in Puerto del Carmen, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Puerto del Carmen guide
Nice scenic dive lots to see easy conditions and good vis.Blue hole a large swim through dropping from top of the wall in 20m to wall face at 30m. Access via harbour steps and short surface swim. Agujero azul is also known as El Hoyo, Blue Hole.
Richies Place is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Lanzarote which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
There could be current. It's a dive at a Reef near the beach. You can see angel sharks, sepia and a lot of different smaller fishes. It's near the dive place playa Chica.
You go down to the 8 meters, and begin to going down a sandy slope until you found some rocks structures, when you turn back to the boat. In the sand area, you will find Cuttlefish, Flatfish and a lot of small species. In the rocks, if you get lucky, you could find trumpetfishes, canarian lobster and eels, and there is a branch of orange coral in one of the rocks The dive site it's located about a half mile from the shore, it's commonly accessed by boat, although if you have strong legs, could do it by shore. Arandelas is also known as Playa Grande.
This cave is crowed with shrimps, that hide here during the day. When you aproach the cave, you will be flanked by some groupers that wait for the divers to go into the cave and light the shrimps, so they could eat them. Also, near the cave there is a branch of orange coral. By shore, by the dock of playa chica Cueva de las gambas is also known as Shrimp Cave.
Surrounding Playa chica, there is a wall that begin in the 20-22 meters, and go down to the 35-40 meters. This wall is called "Veril" Here you could see hiding in the wall spider crabs, sea anemonae, nudibranch, eels and coral. Also, buried in the sand, you could find angel shark, flatfishes and cuttlefish. Despite all of this, there are a lot of small fishes around. By shore, you enter by the Playa chica beach and swim to the rocks on the left side. El veril de playa chica (zona izquierda) is also known as Veril Playa chica (Left Side).
By boat or by shore. There's a pier with stairs for access to the water
Pecios del Puerto del Carmen is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Lanzarote which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
Waikiki is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Canary, Lanzarote which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
It's told that in this spot, you could see big banks of tunas, but i haven't seen yet. By shore, you enter by the playa chica, and surface swim to the spot Balcon de los atunes is also known as Tuna Balcony.
There are several wrecks, some pretty new and some old enough. These old ones where nearly destroyed by the construction of the new dock, and one of the best was cut in half by the dock pilars. The spot it's interesting enough for the wrecks alone, but also it's a common place to see Angel sharks buried in the sand between the wrecks. By boat usually, but there are some local centers that would take you swimming to the spot Erizos wrecks is also known as Pecios de Puerto del Carmen.
Zentacle lists 4 dive shops in Puerto del Carmen. The top-rated are Mojo Dive (5.0 from 855 reviews) and CID Lanzarote (5.0 from 218 reviews).
