SARDINA DEL NORTE
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Sardina del Norte is a popular dive site on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. It's a dive site with great biodiversity. You'll encounter everything from seahorses, amberjacks and angel sharks to stingrays, mackerels and striped sea bream. It's this wealth of marine life that makes Sardina del Norte one of the most popular dive sites on the island. Sardina del Norte is popular with different types of divers. The site is ideal for beginners, underwater photographers and night diving enthusiasts.
Particulars
Sardina del Norte is located in the north of Gran Canaria in a large sheltered bay where all diving facilities are available. The water can be entered via a staircase. The dive site consists of a beautiful reef and an extensive sandbar. The diving in Sardina de Norte is best described as beautiful, simple, varied and comfortable. The most common dive route runs northwest along the rock formations and then back through the sandbar.
Warnings
There can be boat traffic at Sardina del Norte. Reaching the stairs tot exit can be challenging due to waves. Lower steps are slippery due to algae.
SARDINA DEL NORTE Features
- Nicknames
- Playa de Sardina del Norte
- Address
- Alcalde Antonio Rosas, Gran Canaria
- Parking
- Sufficient parking
- Distance
- 50 m.
- Suitable for
- All levels, night diving, underwater photography
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Dive center , divers stairs, hospitality , small benches, toilets
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 10 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 20 m.
- Depth
- 18 m.
- Bottom
- rotsen, zand
- Life
- Amberjack, angelshark, bream, grunt, mackerel, seahorse , squid, stingray
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting