Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
Playa Chica
The Canaries’ favourite shore dive, with seahorses, cuttlefish and angel sharks.
About the dive
Playa Chica is an all-levels dive site in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain. Divers have logged 29,318 dives here, going to 16 m on average in around 18 m of visibility. 22 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are seahorses, cuttlefish and angel sharks. Sightings peak in July, August and October.
- Level
- Beginner–Expert
- Avg. max depth
- 16 m
- Visibility
- 18 m
- Dive time
- 44 min
- Logged dives
- 29,318
- Busiest months
- Jul · Aug · Oct
- Region
- Azores Canaries Madeira
Most sighted here
SeahorsesPhoto: Sergiu Iacob · CC0
CuttlefishPhoto: Pawel Kalisinski · CC0
Angel sharksPhoto: Julien Renoult · CC BY
OctopusesPhoto: Nick Brice · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Playa Chica and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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| Groupers | ||||||||||||
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| Flounder | ||||||||||||
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| Sand Eel | ||||||||||||
| Trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish | ||||||||||||
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| Stingrays | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Eagle rays |
Dive centers nearby
18 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Safari Diving Lanzarote0.1 km
- MANTA DIVING LANZAROTE0.3 km
- Euro-Divers Lanzarote0.3 km
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