[3] Built in a similar style to other Canarian 19th century lights, it consists of a white washed single storey building, with dark volcanic rock used for the masonry detailing.

The lantern dome was attached to the roof of the building, on the seaward side, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

It consists of a 32 m high cylinder-shaped tower, which is white with red bands, that supports twin galleries and a lantern with a black cupola.

The design is the same, except twelve metres higher, than the new tower of Fuencaliente Lighthouse on La Palma.

[2][4] The lighthouse is maintained by the Port authority of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.