Customer Comments

Diving Tenerife Customer Comments

Pete Mason

Dear all. A quick thank you for a most excellent weeks diving (despite the xxxx viz......ha ha!! ) we are all talking about a return visit next year rather than going to the Red Sea .........high praise indeed. Look forward to seeing you all at the dive show ,you can't miss me I'll have one of your bloody t shirts on !!!!!!!!!!! Regards Bob ps did I mention the viz was xxxx pps and that there was no fish life!!!!

Featured centre July 2006.

Tenerife Scuba Diving An Overview

Discover the real Canaries

Ever been on a diving holiday where you can't remember the difference between one dive site from another? Where one bit of coral looks like another? Or where you spend hours getting there for what turns out to be a diver soup? Now imagine somewhere where all the dive sites are different, memorable and all within 20/25 mins from the harbour.

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Water Temperature & Suit Recommendations

Varies from 18-19°C (63°F) in February to 24-25°C (75°F) in August. Air temperatures ranging from 23°C (73°F) in January to 35°C (95°F) in August. A 5mm or 7mm Semi Dry during the winter months. A 5mm one piece with hood during summer months

Visibility

Generally 25-35M+

General Information

The Canaries are a chain of seven volcanic islands just north of the Tropic of Cancer between 80 and 220 Km off the west coast of Africa. Tenerife is almost on the degree of Latitude as Hurgada in Egypt. Being surrounded by water means we have a pleasant temperate climate all year around without the extreme 45 Deg+ summer temperatures seen in Red Sea and other well known destinations.

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and has an impressive and varied coastline, which continues underwater. The volcanic origin of the islands creates dramatic scenery, with huge lava flows, intrusions, ash and pumice that dominates the landscape. On beaches the sand is generally black. The diving offers spectacular volcanic terrain, caves and caverns. The island's waters are host to an abundance and variety of marine wildlife rarely seen in one place. From Pilot Whales and Angel Sharks, Stingrays, Moray Eels, Scorpion Fish Shoals of Tuna and Sardines, Puffer Fish and Octopus.

The rocky slopes above the water continues blow it, shelving away to the depths of the sea floor. Most diving takes place 300-800 M from shore and most diving is multilevel. Many sites are only accessible by boat there are also good shore dives to be had

Towards the Center of Tenerife lies Mount Teide, the peak of a dormant volcano that rises 3718 meters above sea level. It formed five million years ago and is built up of several hundred lava flows from successive eruptions. So after diving it is important to be aware of what altitude you are going up to

A Typical Day Consists Of

Everyone to the centre for about 9ish pick kit up down to the harbour ( 3mins drive) out for first dive 9.45ish back into harbour for 11.30ish coffee, something to eat and general banta at one of the harbour restaurants. Out for 2nd dive 1.30ish back into harbour more coffee finished for day 3.30ish Put it this way a fairly laid back day...If that's not enough how about a two centre diving holiday? Tenerife and the most westerly of the Canary Islands El Heirro. La Restinga, were we stay in El Heirro, is home to 200 people, a marine reserve, and where Fotosub run photographic competitions.