Information about the Los Cañones diving site
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Required level for diving in the Canyons of Gran Canaria
Diving suitable for all levels with good buoyancy control.
Access to the diving spot Los Cañones
From a Dock adapted to facilitate entry and exit divers in a comfortable and safe way. At low tide the ideal technique is the giant step, while at high tide we can choose to go down the stairs until we are submerged.
Important information: Parking is open from 08:00 to 12:00 (hours may change due to holidays and events). It is more difficult to find parking on weekends and public holidays than on weekdays.
Profile from the immersion in the Canyons
Diving with a depth maximum of 16 meters lasting about 60 minutes. Diving in an area with current, so it is very important to go at the same depth as the guide to avoid it.
Good buoyancy control is essential. Long-distance diving, at the beginning of the dive you navigate at a depth of 5 meters for 7 minutes and then make a controlled descent without reference. At the end of the dive, the safety stop is made while sailing.
Mandatory use of buoy: It is mandatory to enter and exit at the designated entrance to avoid possible problems with motor vehicles and in the event of having to make an emergency ascent in another place, always throw a signaling buoy before ascending to the surface.
Mandatory use of cable cutters or knives: In this area, non-professional fishing with a “gun-forbidden” rod is permitted, so it is necessary to have a line cutter in case of accidental entanglement with a fishing line.
What to see during the Canyons Marine Life Dive?
Immersion in the central area of Sardina Bay through different lava structures such as arches and small roofless canyons.
You will be able to explore them, testing your diving skills while you discover the incredible biodiversity that they host.
We will arrive to where the rocks end and a long sandy area rarely frequented by divers begins, where if It is common to see mouse wrasses and angel sharks swimming over a field of garden eels. of such dimensions that the eye cannot reach.
Since the area is exposed to the predominant current, we will also be able to observe all the species that feed on the nutrients that the current brings. Some of these species are: large schools of bogas, sardines, white fulas with their corresponding predators and we cannot forget the Yellow gorgonians with their “inhabitants”
Map and diving spots in Northern sardine
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Our video Canyons Diving
Because a picture is worth a thousand words on many occasions, we leave you with a Video of this dive in Los Cañones in Gran Canaria so cool and fun.
And a little further down, the Photo gallery complete so that you can see in detail everything you can find when diving with us in Gran Canaria.