Playa Flamingo
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About this site
Playa Flamingo is a bay dive at Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, formed by two breakwaters that make good landmarks. You can enter from shore or by boat, which makes it convenient for beginners and first dives, and experienced divers find plenty to enjoy in the bright, clear water. Depths run from 1 to 18 metres.
Large schools of fish gather near the bay's exit, and salemas, herreras and grunts accompany you along the rocks of the breakwater. Electric rays, angel sharks and stingrays hide on the white sand, so check the bottom for their outlines. Groupers, squirrelfish and alfonsinos stay low in the block walls, and you might see a barracuda chasing schools of bogas. Giant anemones and nudibranchs also live here.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Violet AeolidFlabellina affinisReported here · unconfirmed
Regal Sea GoddessFelimare pictaReported here · unconfirmed
Blunt-tentacled AnemoneTelmatactis cricoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus lanceolatusReported here · unconfirmed
East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus adscensionisReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
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