The Yellow Wall lies east of Cueva de las Palomas, on the Cerro Gordo cliff coast. Scubago calls it the deepest part of the Cerro Gordo natural park at about twenty metres; Buceo España's table of the local points gives it as eight to twenty-two. It is wall diving in the shade, with groupers, congers and morays in the holes and ocean sunfish passing in season.
Where it is and how deep
36.7293° N, 3.7684° WPublished position for this site.
The dive
The wall sits east of Cueva de las Palomas on the Cerro Gordo cliff coast, and Scubago calls it the deepest part of the protected park. Its bottom is put at about twenty metres there, and at eight to twenty-two on Buceo España's table of the local points. Either figure makes it a wall dive rather than a deep one, run with the rock face on one shoulder the whole way out and the other on the way back.
The face carries what these Cerro Gordo dives are made for. Groupers, conger eels and morays use the holes, forkbeard are on the same list, and ocean sunfish pass through in season. The site is inside the natural park and is dived from a boat, and the shallow end at eight metres gives the safety stop rock to look at instead of open blue.
Marine life and season
- Groupers
- Mola mola
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair |
Season follows La Herradura: Dived all year; December to March sits at 14-16 °C and winter storms cut visibility to 5-10 m for days, while spring and autumn hold the most consistent 15-25 m.
Sources
- Pared Amarilla — Scubago (SSI)
- Inmersiones en La Herradura - tabla de puntos — Buceo España
- Buceo en Cerro Gordo — Buceo Aqualia
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