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Alcala Bay or Baja de La Tortuga
Overview
Description
Welcome to Alcala! This dive spot is DiveBase Tenerife House Reef as well, also known as Baja de La Tortuga (Turtle Bay) where we can meet turtles, octopuses, cuttlefish, trumpet fish, murky eels and more stunning creatures! We enter the water with a giant stride and explore a typical volcanic reef made of dark sand, black rocks, caves and swim through. The bottoms is sloping gently to a maximum depth of 15 meters (according to the tide).
Location 28.20037, -16.82932Get Directions
Dive Types
Beach, Reef, Cavern, Ocean
Suggested Equipment
Booties, Camera, Dive computer, Dive Knife, Gloves, Hood, Rash guard, Shorty, Surface Marker Buoy, Torch, Wetsuit
Entry
Shore
Common SightingsParrot fish, Trumpetfish / pipefish, Barracuda, Octopus, Cuttlefish, Grunts, Green Sea Turtle
Water Type
Salt
Maximum Depth 49 feet / 15 meters
Entry
ShoreShore/Beach
Common SightingsSharks, Whales, Dolphins, Turtles
Water Type
Salt
Maximum Depth 49 feet / 15 meters
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