El Arenal de las Chicharras

★★★★☆ (219)

This is a dive with a maximum depth of 24 meters. The boat can be anchored near “cala“ and from there descend according to certification and experience to where the remains of the amphorae are located, where also the name comes from.Be sure NOT to touch the amphoras, take only pictures.

You can see big rocks, with cracks and wholes. Schools of bream, two-banded seabream, damselfish, groupers, giltheads, seabream, painted comber, morays, thicklip grey mullets, mottled grouper, and meagres can be seen.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

13 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27

Barracuda

7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

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Total number of species: 350

Damselfish

5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

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Total number of species: 110

Snapper

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Total number of species: 40

Triggerfish

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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

Jackfish

1 Sightings
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Total number of species: 150

Sweetlips and Grunts

1 Sightings
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Total number of species: 15

Tuna

1 Sightings
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Total number of species: 120

Cuttlefish

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