Veneguera

The boat stops over open sand off Veneguera Beach, with nothing else around for the anchor to catch but the wreck itself. A backward roll puts you straight into a controlled descent down the anchor line to 27-30 metres, so there's no free-swim approach to get oriented on the way down, only the line and whatever current is running that day. Garden eels colonise the sand around the hull and retract the moment you get close, more felt than seen unless you hang back and let them settle again. Angel sharks rest near the hull, and amberjack or tuna often cut through open water above the wreck while you work the site. Current decides how the dive actually goes. Both operators running this trip call it moderate to strong, strong enough that a DSMB is standard kit and returning to the anchor line for ascent is treated as non-negotiable rather than optional. Around 20 minutes of bottom time is typical at this depth, and the ascent back up the line naturally runs a longer safety stop than a shallower dive would need.

Como Tu sits alone, a single small fishing-boat wreck on open sand well off the island's main dive circuit, reachable only by a dedicated short run from Puerto de Mogan rather than folded into a busier day of diving. Both operators who run trips here describe it as one of the island's lesser-known sites, alongside similar wrecks like Cermona II and Blue Bird along the same stretch of coast. There's no interior penetration route described, so the appeal sits entirely in the isolation and the chance of something bigger passing overhead, not in squeezing through compartments. Depth and current set it apart from the area's shallower shore and reef dives: at 27-30 metres with real current, this draws divers after a full-depth Advanced Open Water wreck profile and a genuine shot at pelagics, rather than the area's more common easy shore dive. September to February is named as the best window, when visibility and temperature are both said to peak, a different pattern from the warmer months that suit most of Gran Canaria's other sites.

Current is the dive's defining hazard. Plan for it to build quickly, keep a DSMB on you, and follow the anchor line down and back up rather than free-ascending. Depth sits at the edge of recreational Advanced Open Water limits, so a Deep Diver specialty adds a real margin even though it isn't required by every operator running the trip. Both operators list the same basic kit for this dive: a DSMB, a camera if you want the angel sharks and garden eels on file, and a snorkel for the surface interval. Trips run from Puerto de Mogan, about 15 minutes by boat, and both Delphinus Dive Center and Gran Canaria Divers operate here. The wreck itself is small enough to work in a single pass rather than needing a return trip, unlike some of the larger wrecks elsewhere on the island. Como Tu can be dived year-round, though September to February gets singled out for the clearest water.