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About this site
Barranco Seco lies along the southern coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands archipelago off northwest Africa, on a stretch of shoreline shaped by the island's volcanic rock formations. The site is a wall dive, generally rated intermediate, with access usually arranged from the nearby coastal towns. Divers have reported angelfish, grouper, and octopus along the wall here.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Canary DamselSimiliparma luridaReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic DamselfishChromis limbataReported here · unconfirmed
Macaronesian TobyCanthigaster capistrataReported here · unconfirmed
Guinean PufferSphoeroides marmoratusReported here · unconfirmed
East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus adscensionisReported here · unconfirmed
Rock GobyGobius paganellusReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
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