As we said the reserve has very special characteristics in El Hierro, to be protected area. The reservation is prohibited to throw the anchor, all the moorings are by bolla, an anchor can not be more than one boat with 12 divers.

In all dives are present almost always the same species: old, trumpets, peje green, amberjack, abbots, groupers, Bocinegro, etc ... There are dives where it is easier to see: bicuda, bonito, yellowfin tuna, garden eels, mantas, lobster antennae, etc ... in particular we mention these.

Most dives in the reserve are as follows: continuation of the continental shelf of the island, which is very short, because many times at 300 m from the coast and there is a depth of over 200 m. This platform has a contour, a slope that goes into the deep, sometimes shock and other smoothly.

Here we will discuss only the dives of the reserve of El Hierro, but there is the possibility of many more that are out of them and equally beautiful as Punta Restinga, The Gorge, The Arch, The Coral, The Cave of the Jacks, Low Bocarones, Roque de Bonanza, La Caleta, etc ...

The dives are:

1. The corner, is considered an easy dive. We started about 12m and gradually going down to 20. It follows a natural wall that runs from the pier out to sea. It makes the trip a bit detached from the wall and back behind her. In the sandy bottom is round with a chance to see stingrays and angel sharks. We will return in some small caves where you can see lobster antennae and tambourines. All Returning along a wall where there are nooks where you put your head waves and days you can see how are you breaking over our heads.
2. The port, easy, shallow, is the place where they do baptisms and nighttime. Being small port enjoys an incredible cleanliness of their waters. Its sandy bottom is home to mantelinas and dogs. You can get out of the mouth and look between the prisms to look for lobsters, tambourines and all species of marine life.
3. La Herradura: Medium difficulty easy, because the currents. Funding to about 8 m with a contour that goes down smoothly close to 35 m. He gets a bit by the reef looking out to sea with the occasional light and beautiful rugs. We can also see puffers. The return is at shallow depth by a kind of small cannon with the ability to watch: Swiss cows, abbots captain and black coral, 12 m deep.
4. The Cup low: Being the most southerly point of the Spanish state, is the immersion star of the reservation of El Hierro. About 300 m away from the coast, is a massif with two humps, where the side that faces out to sea falls 80 meters vertical wall. The other four walls have a depth of about 50 m. Its situation, exposed to strong currents and depth make it a difficult dive. There are a lot of life, especially more current day, where you can occasionally see blankets. There are also banks Bicuda, chopones, and big amberjack.
5. Reeds Point, near the reserve integral (instead of maximum protection) is an easy dive where a small platform and shelf. It is the first leg of the contour at a certain depth, always looking out to sea by the passage of pelagic and becomes the platform about 12 m.
6. The Lajial, similar to above but with a drop to infinity much more pronounced, which makes you dizzy.
7. La Cueva del Diablo, shallow, very easy. It is a sort of large cave that resembles the roof of a church. Part of the roof has fallen and that makes a beam of light and give him a certain mysticism to the place. Apparently being inside a large room, there is a greater sense of being part of the 3 dimensions and the effect fly.
8. Roque de Tacoron in front of the natural pools (there are a lot in El Hierro) of Tacoron this dive is where we occasionally recorded encounters with the famous Tortuga Boba. He gets a contour and turns to go around the famous roque.
9. The Tacoron, walks along the bottom of the natural pools. Place a lot of life where you can see just below one of these pools a large spiny.
10. The break. This immersion is widely beauty as it passes from one contour with a drop to 40 feet deep to pass a half-pipe (with large opening to get out) at shallow depth where the first will be lucky to see a bank of trumpets still , diving into the water as if they were paintings. 3 small caves are visited passing around a small arch.
11. Baja Rosario, contour where life constantly walking through our eyes. Place where there are currents rarely enjoys a comfortable diving with an eye always out to sea, where it can be seen passing pelagics. Here you can see big amberjack, abbots and groupers. This dive do not miss the backlights in the early hours of sunshine with volcanic rocks, the moon appears.
12. The desert, with the end of the reserve is down a strip of sand where thousands of garden eels. It has the ability to go for a contour where hopefully we can enjoy our friend Pancho, large grouper that day if you can touch it, even kissing. Very famous in El Hierro. He turns to the slab where the ship anchors, looking in his hole and passing through a small arch full of trumpets.

It is impossible to explain as a dip with all its grandeur in four words, so it is always better to see for yourself.