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Artificial - Block2

Block 2, off the Canaries, isn't your typical wreck dive. Forget dramatic upright ships or intact superstructures. This site is a dispersed field of concrete blocks, remnants from a failed harbour project back in the 1970s. We know, "concrete blocks" doesn't exactly scream adventure, but give it a chance. Dropping down, you hit a surprisingly vibrant artificial reef. The blocks lie scattered on a sandy bottom, some piled high, others resting individually, creating a maze of nooks and crannies. It's a fantastic spot for macro life and the occasional pelagic fly-by. We’ve found huge arrow crabs tucked into crevices, moray eels peering out from beneath the biggest blocks, and schools of barracuda circling overhead on a good day. Our favourite is navigating the gaps between the larger stacks; it feels like exploring an underwater city in miniature. Visibility here can be excellent, often hitting 25 metres, especially in the late morning before any afternoon chop picks up. It’s an intermediate dive because of potential surge around the shallower blocks, but mostly it’s a calm, exploratory drift over a genuinely interesting human-made habitat that nature has well and truly claimed.