![]() Here you can find many arches and fantastic landscapes made of pillow lava that mainly looks like tubes. In 1949 San Juan’s lava flew into the sea near La Bombilla and only in 1971 Teneguia’s lava at the southern tip of the island. The regions around La Bombilla and Fuencaliente are geologically still very young. For this reason, La Palma is one of the steepest islands in the world. The sea chart shows that the 1000 m depth contour closely reaches the coast. ![]() Here the coast line slopes in steps down to the sea and underwater this structure is continued with many drop offs near the coast. Underwater there are mainly flat plateaus made of basalt and sand or boulder and in different places lava caves have been exposed in the steep face The southern part of the island is characterized by a lot of volcanic eruptions – mainly during the last millennium. The steep coasts of the northern part are a visible sign of its age. La Palma can b e divided in the older northern part (around the Caldera) and the younger southern part along the Cumbre Vieja. The island shows an extremely different structure in both underwater and onshore and with its 3 million years it is geologically very young. ![]() La Palma offers a variety of diving sites. ![]()
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