San Miguel

Marina San Miguel is a shore dive site located at the marina of San Miguel on the southern coast of Tenerife, built around an artificial breakwater wall of lava rock that has developed into a thriving reef. The site is accessed from a jetty reserved exclusively for divers, where boat traffic is prohibited. The lava rock formation is large enough to support at least three distinct dive routes.

The terrain runs from 3 metres at its shallowest to a maximum of around 27–28 metres on the deeper side, where prismatic volcanic rock formations provide shelter and structure. The shallower zone gently drops to about 16 metres and suits beginners, while the deeper prismatic section offers more complex topography for all levels of experience.

During the day the site holds groupers, barracudas, parrotfish, moray eels, porcupine fish, angel sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, cuttlefish, octopus, nudibranchs, seahorses, bogues, sea breams, basses, and grunts, with the deeper rock formations sheltering moray eels, anemones, octopuses, and nudibranchs in particular. Trumpet fish, canary damselfish, ornate wrasse, scorpion fish, salema, arrow crab, cleaner shrimp, hermit crab, slipper lobster, spotfin burrfish, trigger fish, and ghost shrimps are also recorded here. Night dives reward divers with sand conger eels, red octopus, rays, sharks, and moray eels actively hunting. The shallow waters additionally support numerous small fish and shellfish.