Veneguera

The boat runs out from Puerto de Mogán in about 15 minutes to the wreck near Veneguera Beach. A backward roll off the boat, and the anchor line leads down to a small fishing vessel on open sand, with the shallowest part of the dive at 27 metres and the sand at 30. There is a single hull to work, so the 20 minutes go on the hull and on the sand beside it, where the rays and the garden eels are. Current is often moderate to strong, which is what the line is for: the return is made on the same line.

The hull is a small former fishing vessel, now an artificial reef, and the life gathers on and around it. Garden eel colonies stand out of the sand beside it, butterfly rays and stingrays pass over the bottom, and angel sharks are reported on the sand. Amberjack and tuna cruise in the open water above.

Advanced Open Water is the minimum at both operators that run the dive, and one of the two adds the Deep Speciality. A DSMB is highly recommended because of the potential for strong currents, and both descent and ascent follow the anchor line. Around the island, summer visibility runs 20 to 30 metres and winter 15 to 20, and the water at depth is about 22-23 C in summer and drops to 18-19 C in winter; a 5 mm suit is typical, with 7 mm or a semidry worn in winter and on deep or repeated dives.