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| Abades (Tenerife-South) |  
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Description:
ABADES is situated within the most cloudless stretch of coast on the island, in the administrative district Arico, midway between Los Cristianos and Santa Cruz, only 10 minutes away from the south airport. ABADES offers 2 sandy beaches with safe bays, low types of construction nearby the sea and a european mixture of its inhabitants. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Tenerife-South |
| Average watertemp: Min 20 - Max 25 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 25 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Rocks, Vegetation, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Water temperatures ranges from 18 to 24°C. Year round diving, although the best conditions to observe the marine life are usually in September - October. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Angel sharks |  | | | | |  | |  | | | | |  | |
| | | Coastal fish & Reef Life | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | parrot fish - conger eel - garden eel - sea horse - trumpet fish - garfish - barracuda - grey mullet - guelly jack - lizard fish - weevers - stripped mullet - wide eyed flounder - bastard grunt - scorpion fish - sharpnose puffer - band-tail puffer - pygmy file fish - gray trigger fish - glass-eye - ... (More)
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Very high probability to spot eagle rays while using our Underwater Scooters
| | | Electric rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Loggerhead turtles |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dotted, Dark & Tiger Morays
| | | Sardine Trek | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not to be mistaken with the Annual treks in e.g. South Africa. Here there are big concentrations of sardines passing through the Bay, and they can often be seen. Some sardines can be seen all the year long, but this is not to be compared to the big annual migrations as seen elsewhere.
| | | Scallopped Hammerhead sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Common & round stingrays are the most abundant, spotted all the year long while using the Underwater Scooters. Year round there is an excellent chance of spotting the Spiny butterfly ray (Species Gymnura altavela).
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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