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diving in Spain |
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Spain at a glance |
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Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Geographic coordinates: 40° 0' N, 4° 0' W
Coastline: 4,964 km km
Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Terrain: strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
Elevation: highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
Natural hazards: periodic droughts
Currency: euro (EUR)
Population: 40,341,462 (July 2005 est.)
Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
Capital: Madrid
Divisions: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
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Ferranelles, Spain
By chris, 2008-06-29 09:35:00
Better viz, good dive
With JC: Last dive to Estartit. The wind was fine. Viz clearly better (10m+ up to 15m near 30m). We met 5 eagle rays, a tons of groupers, bécunes (sort of baracudas), corbs, big scorpionfishes (chapon). Then back to Feranelles for safety stop.
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Canyones de Fallaguer, Spain
By chris, 2008-06-28 15:48:00
Poor viz, poor dive
With Patrick M. & Seb: Bad viz again. We did a tour and finally found a lobster in a hole. Themain wall has a lot of red coral, found some octopuses nearby. This is clearly a first dive/training dive site, or second dive when good viz!
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Dolphin's cave, Spain
By chris, 2008-06-28 09:32:00
Bis repetita...
With Patrick M. & Seb: Second dive to the Dolphin (South)dive site. This time again, viz was poor, but better than the first time. We did a tour to the big tunnel entrance, then back to Aïri's cave along the boulders in the middle of the
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Negre de Fallaguer, Spain
By chris, 2008-06-27 13:44:00
Poor viz, poor dive
With Valentine & Yannick: Valentine did her first orientation dive. This was quite easy: Follow the reef right-hand, then back to the seahorse area with the sun in our back (but no seahorses found!). The small deep cave/crack was also nice with a
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Carall Bernat, Spain
By chris, 2008-06-27 09:36:00
Groupers...
With Valentine & Yannick: We did the big tour, starting south of Carall Bernat, then to the north to Tascon Grande. Large cracks,a lot of large groupers, shoals of sars and oblades. Morays, gorgonians...
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