Montaña Amarilla

Montaña Amarilla isn't one dive, it's several, all packed into a single sheltered bay. A shallow route follows the volcanic reef to the "Dinosaur Cemetery," where wave-worn rock is said to resemble bones. A mid-depth route crosses the reef edge at 12 metres past a hidden statue, with the option to return through a narrow arch nicknamed "Ojo de la Aguja," the Eye of the Needle, tight enough to reward a diver who trims out properly. A deeper route swims through a separate rock arch into a cave around 20 metres. Yellow sponge overgrows the rock through every one of these routes, the one constant linking a bay that otherwise changes character depending on which way you go.

Most bays this size offer one dive. Montaña Amarilla offers a rotation: shallow reef, mid-depth arch, deep cave, each with its own name and its own regulars among local divers. Add the concrete structure known as La Torre, colonised enough by marine life to work as an unofficial artificial reef, and the site rewards repeat visits in a way few Tenerife shore entries do.

The yellow sponge is the easy shot, covering rock through every route in the bay, but the narrow Eye of the Needle passage is the one worth planning for. A wide-angle lens captures a diver framed inside the arch; get the timing wrong and you'll just get a wall of rock. In the cave route, slow down for the walls rather than the open water. That's where the smaller, more textured life sits.

Confirm which named route your operator is running before the dive, since the shallow shore reef and the deeper cave are genuinely different experiences. Trim out properly before the narrower arch passage; the site's easy overall rating doesn't apply there. There's no lifeguard on the beach, and the more exposed edges of the bay are worth avoiding in rough swell.