Barranco Seco 29 Nov 2007 04:11 am
Barranco Seco
Type: Boat Dive
The Maximum depth: 25m
Visibility: 10 – 20m
Ten Minutes to the north of Los Gigantes Harbour, we arrive at the foot of the impressive cliffs of Los Gigantes (The Giants), and this specatcular dive site.
Route:
Seeing the impressive cliffs of Los Gigantes one assmes they will contne below the surface of the water; how ever they submerge little more than 10 metres.
We drop achor at 15m in an area of sand and loose rocks, where we must take care not to disturbthe sand and reduce visibility. Moving north, closer to the foot of the cliff, we cross several canals of rock and arrive at a volcanic rock arach, at 8 meteres depth.
Sting Rays:
Feeding animals whilst underwater is a contentious issue, with hotly debated pros and cons, but wherever you stand on the debate, you have to concede that Canaries species diversity and abundance has benefited from the feeding programmes. This site is a bi-weekly opportunity for divers to feed the fish and rays that are resident to this site.
Atlantic, Eagle and Stingrays are hand fed with small fish chunks from a bin lowered to the site, and divers have a real opportunity to interact with these wonderful marine species. Unfortunately the activity created by lots of fish species feeding, and divers moving to get a good view.
