La Catedral (Puerto del Carmen)
Cave diving in Lanzarote · about 2 km from Puerto del Carmen
- Max depth
- 32 m
- Type
- Backmount
- Certification (estimate)
- Open water / no overhead
- DPV
- Not DPV-suitable
Per Canary Island Divers the island's best-known dive site. A large hollow in the reef with a rock at the back that looks like an altar; exhaled air bubbles up through the lava rock above the roof.
More about La Catedral (Puerto del Carmen)
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- Whether this site fits everyone's certification, gas and gear
- Access, parking and the route from the road
- Exact map pin and navigation
- Depth profile and sumps
- Configuration advice
- DPV suitability
- Driving times from your stay and a plan with the AI instructor
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Plan a cave diving trip to Lanzarote
Enter your team, with certifications, gas and configurations, and see right away which caves fit. With driving times from your stay, fill stations and an AI instructor who thinks along.
Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Sept 2026): UNED GAMA (Proyecto Sublántida), Franjo Sánchez, Koenemann & Iliffe (Marine Biodiversity 2009), Divernet, DIVER magazine, Crónicas de Lanzarote, Diario de Avisos, Biosfera Digital, Wikipedia (es, en, de), MAPA and Gobierno de Canarias (La Graciosa marine reserve), Hiperox Lanzarote, Revista Integración, Océanos de Fuego, dive centres (Canary Island Divers, Deep Team, Native Diving, Calipso Diving, Safari Diving, Manta Diving, Lanzarote Dive Centre, Rubicón Diving), PADI, dive.site and wannadive. Pins come from Wikipedia (Jameos del Agua) and wannadive (for sea caves a dive position); El Ascensor has no pin. ~ = estimate (drive times too); certification levels and configurations are estimates. Rules change — check locally.