El Bajon

El Bajon is the Canaries' most famous single dive: a saddle-backed volcanic pinnacle off La Restinga whose twin peaks climb from deep blue to near-snorkel depth. The rock is ringed by life that reserve protection has let grow old — dusky groupers of real size, island groupers, thick schools of amberjack and barracuda wheeling off the towers, morays in every crack. In the warm months something bigger often passes: mobulas, tuna, occasionally a whale shark. Water clarity in the Mar de las Calmas routinely embarrasses the rest of Europe.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: Twin towers in blue water, large groupers, summer pelagic fly-bys

Địa hình: Twin volcanic towers rising from deep water to within about 8 m of the surface

Dòng chảy: An open-water pinnacle — current can pick up mid-dive and dives are planned around it.

Điểm vào: Short boat ride from La Restinga, El Hierro, inside the Mar de las Calmas marine reserve; dived when current allows.

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Current and open-water exposure; the summit tempts divers upward while the walls tempt them past plan depth.

Giấy phép & quy định: Daily boat and diver management applies within the reserve — book through local operators.

Bảo tồn: Inside the Mar de las Calmas reserve; diving runs through authorized La Restinga centers under reserve rules.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).