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Originally Posted by Janet  Just to be clear ... there are two places called La Caleta. Torrenter's one reviewed here is not the one near Fanabe, but is up the east coast towards Candelaria. |
Due to the way that most seaside towns are where a barrancho (gully) meets the sea to form a pebble/sand beach, 'La Caleta' (= 'The Creek') is a common name. I know of at least 3 on the southeastern coast alone.
During my travels, I could see that the barranchos must have been formed when colossal volumes of water came down from the mountain in the dim distant past. It must have rained for hundreds of years when the volcanoes were erupting, as the island is only a million or so years old, and the gullies have formed in a (geologically) short time, but are deep with heavily-worn rock.
The other thing I have noticed, is that the Island must have risen, as there are quite a few elevated shorelines and beaches around the coast.