Museo Atlántico Lanzarote

The underwater museum in Playa Blanca

Lanzarote has a very special dive site: the Museo Atlántico in Playa Blanca, an amazing underwater museum of sculptures by artist Jason deCaires Taylor. Both divers and beginners can visit this unique dive site with us. The sculpture museum is located in a sheltered area at a depth of 12 to 15 meters.

The sculptures of the Museo

Museo Atlántico was developed as an artificial reef and consists of ten different groups of sculptures. You will find the Rubicon, a group of 35 statues of people all walking towards the opening in a wall, the raft of Lampedusa consisting of a boat with refugees and a group of children in small boats called Los Jolateros. Furthermore, there are several statues that are half cactus and half-human to show the harmony between man and nature. The last group shows about 200 sculptures of people that are laid down in a circle.

For certified divers

Almost every day certified divers can visit this unique dive site. Safari Diving can arrange transport to Playa Blanca on fixed days, but if you have your own transport you can come along whenever you want. If you have not dived for a longer period of time you can first do a refresher dive at Safari Diving.

Also for beginners

For people who do not have a diving license, there is a special program to visit Museo Atlántico. This program consists of three parts: a try dive from the shore, a pool lesson to learn some diving skills and a boat dive to the Museo Atlántico.

The try dive can be done at Safari Diving and includes a short explanation of the theory followed by a shallow dive in the sea with an instructor. After that you will plan the next dive to Museo Atlántico. There you will do a pool session to learn some diving skills and the boat dive to the underwater museum to a maximum of 12 meters. It is also possible to do the complete program in one day at our other dive centre in Playa Blanca. You can do this any day from 10.00-15.00 except on Sunday.