Canary Islands – El Hierro, La Palma & Fuerteventura

About Canary Islands – El Hierro, La Palma & Fuerteventura

The outer Canary Islands deliver the archipelago’s wildest diving. El Hierro is famed for El Bajón, a seamount rising to 18 m that gathers jacks, barracuda, tuna, rays and seasonal pelagics, and for the pristine La Restinga Marine Reserve with its walls and caves. La Palma offers the historic Malpique anchor cemetery from a sunken galleon and gentle training reefs. Fuerteventura adds drift dives along Veril Grande, the volcanic tunnels of Isla de Lobos and the El Bajón del Río pinnacle at Corralejo. Clear water, dramatic topography and big-fish potential define these remote islands. This region rewards careful planning and respects Spain’s marine-protection rules, offering rewarding diving across a wide range of experience levels through a long and varied season.

Highlights

• ✓El Bajón (El Hierro): an iconic seamount with jacks, tuna and seasonal pelagics.
• ✓La Restinga Marine Reserve: pristine volcanic walls and caves with excellent visibility.
• ✓Malpique (La Palma): a 17th-century anchor cemetery from a sunken galleon.
• ✓Isla de Lobos (Fuerteventura): a marine reserve of volcanic tunnels and clear water.
• ✓Veril Grande (Fuerteventura): a deep-water drift with tuna and barracuda.

Getting There

Reach El Hierro (VDE), La Palma (SPC) and Fuerteventura (FUE) by air, with inter-island flights and ferries linking them. Diving is run by small local centres in La Restinga, Los Cancajos and Corralejo.