Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain that's located off ...
[+] of Morocco's western coast. The Atlantic island of Tenerife draws visitors in droves each year thanks to its vibrant nightlife scene, with events like the Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife serving as a popular event for lifelong locals and first-time visitors alike—but there’s a fascinating world to be discovered beyond the island’s shores as well. All throughout the year, Tenerife offers a diverse array of fauna for visiting wildlife aficionados to discover, with whale watches taking place all along its southern coast.
Though the island may not boast the turquoise waters found across regions like the Caribbean, it certainly makes up for it with its impressive roster of oceanic fauna both large and small. For a close-up look at Tenerife’s aquatic wildlife, visitors can choose from multiple different ports, with destinations like Los Cristianos and Puerto Colón both offering their fair share of wildlife experiences alongside lavish resorts and high-end restaurants. During a typical excursion, guests can spot common, bottlenose and rough-toothed dolphins surging through the surf, while smaller cetacean species span from the false killer whale—a social animal that’s known for forming huge pods—to the short-finned pilot whale, a warm-water mammal that uses echolocation to hunt for squid deep beneath the surface of the ocean.
More than 20 different cetacean s.