Playa Callao, Los Cristianos
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About this site
Playa Callao sits at Los Cristianos on the southern coast of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 10 metres over a reef bottom and is considered a beginner dive. Divers have reported Canary damsels, Sally Lightfoot crabs, European parrotfish, Macaronesian toby, moray eels, octopus, and ornate wrasse around the reef, and short-finned pilot whales have also been noted in the area.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus adscensionisReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusReported here · unconfirmed
Canary DamselSimiliparma luridaReported here · unconfirmed
Macaronesian TobyCanthigaster capistrataReported here · unconfirmed
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