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Sálvora island and its scattered granite islets in a blue sea, seen over the village of Aguiño and its fields

Sálvora, Ons & Ría de Arousa · Spain · Reef

Islote Pedregoso

Boulder islet near the Isla de Arousa, 5 to 16 m

Area photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Islote Pedregoso is a broad islet of big boulders with a sand bottom around it, close to the Isla de Arousa and the Faro Pedraseca light in the heart of the ría. The dive runs from 5 to 16 m among the stones, with the crabs, lobsters, conger eels and cuttlefish typical of the Ría de Arousa.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Islote Pedregoso: typical dive 5–16 m (15–52 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit5 m16 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

42.5425° N, 8.9150° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

Pedregoso is a wide islet made of large stones, surrounded by a sand bottom, close to the Isla de Arousa. The Faro Pedraseca light, in the heart of the ría, stands nearby on its own granite. The dive runs from 5 to 16 m among the boulders and over the surrounding sand, a shallow profile that the islet's rating for Open Water divers reflects, and it is one of the boat dives run by Centro de Buceo Medusa.

The life is the typical mix of the Ría de Arousa. Velvet swimming crabs, spider crabs and lobsters live among the boulders, along with conger eels, white seabream, pouting and cuttlefish around the stones and the sand.

Marine life and season

  • Octopus & cuttlefish
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Season follows Sálvora, Ons & Ría de Arousa: The centres dive all year and no month is reported as best; the public ferries to Ons run in the high season, at Easter and from 15 May to 15 September.

Questions divers ask

How deep is the dive at Islote Pedregoso?+

The dive at Islote Pedregoso runs from 5 to 16 m, among large boulders on a sand bottom.

Sources

  1. Salidas de buceo (Centro de Buceo Medusa) — Náutica Medusa
  2. Vilagarcía de Arousa sea temperature — seatemperature.org
  3. Salidas de Buceo (Buceo Pontevedra, archived) — Portosub

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