Las Galletas, Canary Islands, Spain
El Bajon del Rio is an offshore volcanic pinnacle south of Tenerife, rising from deeper water to around 18 metres at its summit and dropping to 40 metres on the outer flanks. The site is exposed to currents flowing between Tenerife and La Gomera, which concentrate plankton and attract schooling fish. Divers regularly encounter large groups of bastard grunt, salema, barracuda and amberjack patrolling the blue, while the rocky shoulders host moray eels, octopus and the local Atlantic damselfish in dense aggregations. Round stingrays and common eagle rays cruise the sand channels nearby, and the resident angel sharks, a Canarian critically endangered emblem, are occasionally seen resting on the bottom in winter. Because of its exposed location and the current, El Bajon is rated for advanced divers and is normally dived as a drift. Visibility averages 25 metres and water temperature ranges from 18 C in February to 23 C in late summer.
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