Gijón & Cabo Peñas · Spain · Reef
La Herbosa
A shallow, one-star way onto Cabo Peñas
Photo: Anton Zekeriev Rodin · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Herbosa, also called Isla Herbosa-Islote El Bravo, is a site in the Cabo Peñas zone. It is a shallow dive to 14 m, open to one-star (B1E) divers, which makes it a way onto Peñas for divers without a three-star card.
Also known as Isla Herbosa-Islote El Bravo.
Where it is and how deep
43.6662° N, 5.8613° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
La Herbosa takes its full name from the Isla Herbosa and the Islote El Bravo in the Cabo Peñas zone, and reaches 14 m at its deepest, a profile one-star (B1E) divers are cleared for. That keeps it open to divers who cannot yet join Los Merendalvarez, a deeper Peñas point that calls for a three-star card.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Season follows Gijón & Cabo Peñas: Club dives run all year; January to April bring the coldest sea, and no month stands out as a peak for the diving.
Sources
- Alpha Buceo Gijón – La Herbosa — Club Alpha Buceo
- Puntos de Buceo - Club Alpha Buceo — Club Alpha Buceo
- OpenStreetMap – Islote El Bravo (islet) — OpenStreetMap
Photo credits
- A flat-topped rocky islet with sheer pale cliffs sits in blue sea beyond a tall cliff face, small rocks and surf in the foreground by Anton Zekeriev Rodin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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