Probably one of the most popular immersions in the area, as it’s possible to swim from the seawall out to the back of the breakwater or more comfortably by boat.

The origin of this wreckage is that up until the end of the 50´s of the last century a davit (crane or hoist) situated in the banana packing factory FAST COPLACA (WHICH STOPPED PACKING AT THE END OF 2003) used to load the packed bananas directly onboard the ships to be taken to the mainland, and also unload merchandise for internal use

As a result of this commerce and because of the particularity of the seafloor (a 2 metre high slab which stretches out towards the N.E. reaching a depth of 35 metres) made a lot of these ships leave their anchors stuck in the rock.

Up until a few years ago there were more than 20 of these anchors, of different types and eras, but the ignorance of some and the bad consciousness of others determined that many were extracted and are now decaying in private houses, in the towns’ museum, in the middle of a road, well, anyway, you don’t need to dive to see an anchor, all you need to do is take a walk around the town.   The anchors which interest us now are a group of 5 or 6 which were saved from the robbery; they are spread about in an area of 500m2. The sandy, stony sea floor has a number of orifices and small caves which are responsible for the eternally stuck anchors.

Photograph of the beginning of the 20th century where you can see some ships loading in Garachicos port.

The type of fauna is typical of the area, excelling in the quantity of damselfish, wrasse, John Dory, bream, parrot fish, sometimes we can find sting rays or “mice” and of course half buried in the seabed the odd sea angel.

Immersion level 2

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