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Water Temperature and Diving Conditions Log
- January 2008 to June 2008

Here is our diving centre's log of the conditions and special sightings for diving in Arinaga, Gran Canaria. As we dive different parts of the reserve every day we only visit some locations (such as the seahorses) once a week.

Other logs : Current log and Oct 2007 to Feb 2008
Date Conditions Temp Sightings
30/6/2008 Above Normal21CButterfly Ray, Sand Sole, Stargazer
29/6/2008 Did not dive21CSunday - Day Off
28/6/2008 Normal21CTriggerfish, stargazer, eagle ray, Gilt headed sea Brean, Tiger & common morays
27/6/2008 Normal21Cangel shark, big shoal of barracudas
26/6/2008 Normal21C3 angel sharks, Triggerfish, big shoal of barracudas
25/6/2008 Normal21CHuge common stingray, Mediterannean Moray, Gilt headed bream
23/6/2008 Above Normal21CFour Marbled Electric Rays, Mediteranean Moray, Stargazer, lots of big Gilt Headed Bream.
21/6/2008 Normal21CStargazer, moray, lots of cuttlefish
20/6/2008 Normal21CButterfly Ray, Morays, Barracudas
19/6/2008 Above Normal21C2 Butterfly Rays & Angelshark, Lots of cuttlefish
18/6/2008 Above Normal21CAngelshark, Lots of cuttlefish, big shoal of barracudas, stargazer
17/6/2008 Above Normal21CBig Octopus, Tiger Moray, Barracudas
16/6/2008 Normal21CButterfly Ray. Last week we had some technical problems and some of the updates have been lost. Sightings included Butterfly rays, angel sharks, morays, rays and triggerfish!
10/6/2008 Normal21CButterfly Ray and two Triggerfish!
8/6/2008 Did not dive21CSunday, day off
6/6/2008 Normal21CSmall butterfly ray! (we have spent all week searching for one!), eagle ray and angle shark
5/6/2008 Normal21CStargazer and large school of baby (tiny) barracudas
4/6/2008 Above Normal21CMarbled Electric Ray, big shoal of Herrera bream, Mediteranean Moray, (and Tiger, brown and dotted as usual), stargazers, plus a big barracuda in just 2m of water.
3/6/2008 Above Normal21CAngelshark,7 (yes seven) Marbled Electric Rays in a new area!, round stingray, eagle ray, stargazer
2/6/2008 Above Normal21C4 Angelsharks, Marbled Electric Ray, Mediteranean Moray, common stingray, Verrugato, Cape Lobster (sadly killed by a spear fisherman), Forkbeard
1/6/2008 Normal20C2 Angel Shark, 3 Marbled Electric Rays, Camouflaged Spider Crab, Striped Grunt, Hairy Blenny in mating colours, 2 large octopus having sex!
31/5/2008 Normal20C2 Angel Shark
30/5/2008 Above Normal20CFirst Triggerfish of the year! 2 Angel Shark including a juvenile (80cm), Lots of Nudibrachs suddenly
29/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngel Shark, Raton (eagle Ray), Stargazer
26/5/2008 Normal20CAngel Shark, School of baby Barracudas, Hairy Blenny in mating colours
24/5/2008 Above Normal20CMediteranean Moray, Nudibrachs, Verrugato(Shi Drum)
23/5/2008 Above Normal20CLots of morays (20+) including 5 Tiger Morays; Stargazer, Gilt Headed Bream
22/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngel shark, Bastard grunts in only 3m in the bay!, Canarian Lobsterette
21/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngel shark, Brota
20/5/2008 Above Normal20C3 Angel shark (in 2 locations)
19/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngel shark, Doncella (Rainbow Wrasse), Stargazer, a small group of grunts in the bay!
18/5/2008 Above Normal20CLarge Grouper, Striped Grunts, nice Hermit crab with encrusting anemones. Lots of Butterfly ray beds but not today.
17/5/2008 Above Normal20CBeautiful conditions in thebay.nothing special but a lovely divein great viz with lots of life.
15/5/2008 Excellent20C5 Angelshark in 2 different areas, marbled electric stingray, big shoal of Barracudas, Striped Grunts, 2 Groupers in different areas. Now is the time to dive here as there is so much to see and great conditions!
14/5/2008 Excellent20CAngelshark, common stingray, stargazer, cuttlefish, barracudas. Lovely viz and conditions!
13/5/2008 Above Normal20CStargazer, garden eel, plenty of beds of Butterflys about but they have moved on. Still huge shoals of fry in the bay.
12/5/2008 Above Normal20CButterfly Ray!! 3 Angelsharks, Common Stingray, shoal of big barracudas, big shoals of Salema, bogas, about 5 Gilt headed bream together, large branching Gorgonia
11/5/2008 Did not dive20CSunday - day off
10/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngelshark, large barracuda, plus shoal of about 20-40 baby barracudas.
9/5/2008 Did not dive20CPool training day
7/5/2008 Above Normal20CAngelshark, Canarian Lobster, Big barracuda, and again shoal of about 40 babies in the bay.
6/5/2008 Above Normal20CShoal of about 40 baby barracudas, more jurel than normal, good viz.
5/5/2008 Normal20CAngelshark, Common Stingray, giant Jurel, a 'fish-ball' of about 80 pygmy filefish, two huge octopus, abade, shoal of big barracuda, maria francesa, we also found a new large outcrop of soft coral, and two new caves, and saw lots of beds from butterfly rays ... not bad for one dive!
4/5/2008 Did not dive20CSunday - day off
3/5/2008 Normal20CShallow dives only, lots of new life and several Jurel. In places there is a carpet of tiny microscopic fish with cuttlefish, wrasse and bream picking them off.
2/5/2008 Above Normal20C2 Angel shark, seahorse, Garden eels, Eagle ray
1/5/2008 Above Normal20CTwo Common Stingrays, 3 large Arrowcrabs, group of 10 baby cuttlefish in a 'kindergarden', stargazer
30/4/2008 Poor20CPoor in Arinaga, so we dived in Sardina del Norte - (Above Normal) - Angelsharks, Marbled Electric Ray, Barracudas
29/4/2008 Below Normal20CSeahorse, Barracudas, stargazer, pez trompeta, lots of salema, three big octopus
28/4/2008 Normal20CBarracudas, Sama (Gilt headed bream), sardines
28/4/2008 Normal20CSeahorse, Barracudas
27/4/2008 Did not dive20CSunday - day off
25/4/2008 Normal20CAngelshark, Seahorse, Sama (Gilt headed Bream), Striped Grunts. Huge shoals of Bogas and sardines in several areas of the reserve now. Weather hot above water too! 35-38º as a kalima blows hot air in from Africa
24/4/2008 Below Normal20CAngelsharks, Stingray, barracudas, stargazer, Large hermit crab, Lots of small sand smelt being chased by barracudas, jurels and bream at the same time.
23/4/2008 Below Normal20CAngelsharks, Stingray, barracudas, stargazer, Large hermit crab, Lots of small sand smelt being chased by barracudas, jurels and bream at the same time.
22/4/2008 Normal20CFour Angelsharks, barracudas, stargazer
21/4/2008 Above Normal20CShallow dives only with all the usual local life.
20/4/2008 Did not dive20CSunday - day off
19/4/2008 Above Normal20C3 Angelshark, Striped Grunt (all in different places to yesterday), small Mero (Dusky grouper). This week we have been seeing lots of sea hares (vaca de mar) during the day. These are normally nocturnal.
18/4/2008 Above Normal20CAngelshark, Bonito, Striped Grunt, v. big barracudas, then at the end a school of 50 baby barracudas, Large hermit crab with parasitic anemones.
17/4/2008 Normal20CWe found the nursery again! 14 baby cuttlefish, all hovering as a group in a ragged line. Bogas are starting to come back into shallow water as well. Several angelshark beds but not a live one today. And yes it is getting warmer (hood and gloves off now!)
16/4/2008 Normal19C2 large Morays, Stargazer
15/4/2008 Normal19CAngelshark
14/4/2008 Normal19COnly one shallow dive, lots of new life, big cuttlefish, pygmy filefish etc
13/4/2008 Did not dive19CDay off
9/4/2008 Poor19CClear visibility, rough surface with waves, angelshark and shoals of damsels.
8/4/2008 Above Normal19CEagle Ray and two seahorses were seen by our lucky divers today.
7/4/2008 Poor19CAngel sharks
6/4/2008 Did not dive19CSunday, our day off
5/4/2008 Excellent19CExcellent dive conditions in Arinaga. After the storms of last weekend the visibility has improved very quickly. Angel shark spotted again today.
4/4/2008 Above Normal19CA group of divers enjoyed two wreck dives in Las Palmas, the Kalais and the Arona. Both conditions and visibility were excellent. Meanwhile in Arinaga, in the Marine Reserve, divers enjoyed good conditions and amongst the species that they saw were stargazer, moray eel and barracuda.
3/4/2008 Normal19CAngel Shark and stingray. Again a good improvement on visibility. Conditions improving daily.
2/4/2008 Below Normal19CAngel Shark and Stingrays! First time for a few days in the deeper areas, conditions now improving all the time.
1/4/2008 Poor19CConditions still very rough in Arinaga but we did 2 dives
31/3/2008 Did not dive19CConditions very rough in Arinaga so we dived in Amadores instead.
30/3/2008 Did not dive19CSunday - Day off
29/3/2008 Below Normal19CMorays, cuttlefish, Sama, Abade.
26/3/2008 Below Normal19CAngelshark, Garfish
25/3/2008 Below Normal19CHuge Barracuda; Angelshark, stargazer, Echiurida on the night dive
24/3/2008 Below Normal19CCentoyo (Camouflaged Crab), Octopus, Sama (gilt headed bream)
23/3/2008 Did not dive19CSunday - Day off
22/3/2008 Below Normal19CConditions this week have been very variable. The viz was poor in the morning but had improved by the second dive. Lots of shoals of small new life appearing, Atlantic Wrasse are making nests, some big cuttlfish about.
19/3/2008 Above Normal19CThree Angelshark, two seahorse
19/3/2008 Normal19CTuna, Morays, Barracuda
16/3/2008 Did not dive19CSunday - day off
15/3/2008 Below Normal19CSmall common stingray, pair of abades showing opposite colours:one black, one white. Visibility has improved after a stormy week.
14/3/2008 Did not dive18CAdmin and maintenance day
13/3/2008 Below Normal19CTwo Seahorses, angel shark, common ray. Recent poor weather and strong groundswell decreasing
12/3/2008 Poor18C
11/3/2008 Poor18C
10/3/2008 Below Normal18CTwo Seahorses, Eagle Ray, Marbled Electric Ray
9/3/2008 Did not dive18CSunday- day off
8/3/2008 Below Normal18CConditions improving, only a couple of shallow dives, a nice big octopus and all our normal friends.
7/3/2008 Did not dive18CConditions improving, our snorkellers enjoyed the shallows.
6/3/2008 Did not dive18CNo diving here for the first time for ages. We went to Amadores instead where we saw Verrugato, Maria Francesa, Abade plus most of the usuals.
5/3/2008 Poor18CTwo Seahorses, and one huge common stingray, without a tail! Conditions were poor so only one dive.
4/3/2008 Normal18CThree Angelsharks, three types of moray (tiger, dotted, brown), Three big Octopus (and some small), Lady escalarta shrimps,
2/3/2008 Did not Dive18CSunday - day off
28/2/2008 Normal18CMoray eels, sting rays, barrakuda, octopus, ... what else do we need ?
27/2/2008 Normal18CTiger moray, several octopus, and a large cuttlefish.
26/2/2008 Normal18CTiger moray, several octopus, and a large cuttlefish.
25/2/2008 Above Normal18CRough tailed ray, tiger moray, several octopus, and a group of eight baby cuttlefish, all in a row!
24/2/2008 Did not dive18CLong weekend off
23/2/2008 Did not dive18CLong weekend off
22/2/2008 Normal18CSeahorse, Angel shark, common stingray
21/2/2008 Normal18CFour Angelsharks, stargazer, baby common stingray, Large Jurel (Black jack) nearly 1m long; At Night Stingray, fang-tooth conger, moray, octopus, stargazer etc
19/2/2008 Above Normal18CLarge Jurel (Black jack) nearly 1m long; Stargazer, common stingray. There seem to be a lot more sea-hares visible during the day than normal. Lots or recent beds but no actual angel shark today.
18/2/2008 Above Normal17CAngel shark (female swimming), Grouper, all 4 morays (brown, dotted, tiger and mediteranean), huge cuttlefish. Excellent surface conditions but underwater the viz was a little disappointing
17/2/2008 Did not dive17CSunday - Day off
16/2/2008 Above Normal17CAngel shark and star gazer. Lots of big cuttlefish about at the moment
15/2/2008 Excellent17CFive angel sharks in one day!, Stargazer, stingray, barracuda. Wind from the south but no ground swell so lovely conditions today.
14/2/2008 Excellent17C**Scrawled Filefish ** Angel shark, Large hermit crab, sea hare, nudibrach
14/2/2008 Excellent17CAngel shark, Large hermit crab, sea hare, nudibrach
13/2/2008 Above Normal18CAngel shark, Marbled Electric Ray, Moray
11/2/2008 Normal18CAngel shark, round ray, cuttlefish (lots of these about at present)
10/2/2008 Did not dive18CSunday - day off.
9/2/2008 Normal18C2 Seahorse, Angel Shark, stingray, v.large barracuda, Abade
8/2/2008 Normal18CAngel shark, 3 stingrays (1 Eagle; 2 common), Bonito, morays, stargazer, some very large barracudas.
7/2/2008 Above Normal18CNice conditions in the reserve but most of our divers went to Las Palmas and dived the Cathedral ("stunning") and the Kalais: Shoaling damsels, sardines and barracudas; Bonito; Mediteranean Moray
6/2/2008 Above Normal18CAngelshark, stingray, centoyah (crab disguised with vegatation), barracudas
5/2/2008 Normal18CAngelshark, stingray, barracuda, tiger moray
4/2/2008 Normal18CTwo seahorses
3/2/2008 Did not dive18CSunday - day off
2/2/2008 Above Normal18C** Scrawled Filefish ** (again, but in a different place) Greater Weeverfish, Stargazer, 2 Angelsharks (one male one female). After over a week of adverse easterly winds the wind has shifted back to the north and with neap tides we have returned to calm conditions for entry and good visibility in just a couple of days.
1/2/2008 Normal18C** Scrawled Filefish ** 2 Angelsharks, Verrugato, Grouper, Round Ray
31/1/2008 Below Normal18CConditions still poor in Arinaga so we dive in Sardina: Angelshark (swimming), common stingray, Grouper, Striped Grunts
30/1/2008 Poor19CAngel Shark, stingray, Galenas
29/1/2008 Normal19CEagle Ray, Large Jurel (Blackjack)Barracudas at Sardina
27/1/2008 Did not dive19CLong weekend off.
26/1/2008 Did not dive19CLong weekend off.
25/1/2008 Poor19CButterfly Ray and Angel Shark
24/1/2008 Above Normal19CCommon Stingray, Garfish during day; Common Stingray, Red legged octopus, brown shrimp, barracuda and a huge Starfish at night
23/1/2008 Above Normal19CStargazer, Three Common Stingrays. After the stormy weather and Calima early in the week the conditions have changed radically to be very calm, and the sediment has all dropped away to give viz of 10-15m! The sea is always a surprise!
22/1/2008 Poor19CPoor conditions and visibility
21/1/2008 Below Normal19CTwo Common stingrays, cuttlefish
20/1/2008 Did not dive19CLong weekend off!
19/1/2008 Did not dive19CLong weekend off!
17/1/2008 Normal19Ccommon stingray, garfish
16/1/2008 Normal19CAngel shark and Common Stingray during the day; 2 common stingrays, Long legged octopus, sand sole and sand crab on night dive
15/1/2008 Above Normal19CEagle Ray and Common Stingray, Seahorse
14/1/2008 Excellent20CAngel Shark, 3 common stingrays, large shoal of about 50 barracudas. We also found an unusual carapace from a crab. Not in the normal guides but it matches a photo of Calappa granulata. These live under the sand like their cousin, and look similar to the Shame Faced Crab.
13/1/2008 Did not dive20CSunday - day off
12/1/2008 Above Normal20CCommon Stingray in 3m of water, shoal of about 50 garfish
11/1/2008 Above Normal20CStargazer.
10/1/2008 Above Normal20CTwo Angelsharks (male & female) Large shoal of bogas (sardines). Very little wind so diving is great.
9/1/2008 Above Normal20CMarbled Electric Ray, baby cuttlefish and the smallest starfish I have ever seen
8/1/2008 Above Normal20C2 Seahorses (together), 2 Stingrays during the day and two more at night. also Canarian Lobsterette, band-toothed conger and tiger moray on night dive.
7/1/2008 Above Normal20C2 Angel Sharks, 2 Stingrays and a huge shoal of Barracuda. Conditions have improved significiantly and very quickly after the storm on Friday.
6/1/2008 Did not dive20CSunday -day off but conditions improving
4/1/2008 Poor20CA storm near Gibralter has brought strong waves and groundswell.
3/1/2008 Above Normal20CAngelshark
2/1/2008 Excellent20C*** Harlequin Crab ***, Angelshark, stargazer. Conditions are really good, same today. A great start to 2008
1/1/2008 Did not dive20CNew Years Day!