Los Chuchos
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About this site
Los Chuchos is a boat dive off Las Galletas in southern Tenerife, a volcanic reef over sandy areas at 12 to 23 metres. The name means The Rays in Canarian, and the sand around the reef is known for stingray encounters, including the huge roughtail stingrays.
The dive follows rocky ledges, overhangs and small caverns at around 16 metres, and reaches the remains of a wooden fishing boat resting near the sand. Deeper sections go to about 22 metres. The current runs from none to light, and Open Water and Advanced Open Water divers can dive it.
Shoals of bogues, seabreams, gold line and barracuda move over the site. Moray eels, octopus and cuttlefish are found around the rocks and the wreck.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Rock-pool BlennyParablennius parvicornisReported here · unconfirmed
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus adscensionisReported here · unconfirmed
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
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