El Jardín y La Red

The descent follows the headland to about 18 metres, where a corridor of sand barely two metres wide leads to the Cabeza del Camello, a small rock between 18 and 24 metres covered in encrusting yellow anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae). At the end of the corridor the bottom falls away in vertical walls to around 32 metres. Past the wall the reef stays on your right-hand side and the net comes next, set into the rock. The shallow half, El Jardín, is an extensive area at 8 to 12 metres, busy with nudibranchs and gobies. Local centres advertise scorpionfish, spiny lobster and conger along the deeper section.

The net that gives the dive its name is no longer separate from the reef: both centres describe it embedded in the rock, and one lists algae, sponges and corals growing over it. It is the one feature here that is a piece of fishing gear turned into seabed.

The two centres that run the dive give different depths: one puts La Red at 20 to 37 metres, the other gives 12 to 32 for the whole site. One of them calls the 8 to 12 metre garden ideal for beginners or for finishing the dive. How much of the route your certification covers is for the centre to settle when you book.