I have never dived in Tenerife, but a couple that I know have recently set
up an operation there. They are both PADI instructors and English.

http://www.oceanodysseydiving.com/

HTH

Keith

Do you know where you'll be staying yet? Depending on where you are,
the site available are quite varied, but all of the locations I have
dived out of have had access to some nice scenery.

Las Galletas was the best diving port I've stayed at (then Los Gigantes
and then Las Americas) with the rays right out front of the harbour,
the steps nearby (with a couple of nice arches), the Condesito and Cita
Del Mar wrecks and Palmar cave.

However, it's been a couple of years since I was last there so maybe
someone with some more recent info could shed some light on the
accuracy of my comments.

Dan L.

Was there end Feb / early March 2005. After some research on the www three
of us went with http://www.tenerifedive.com/. David and Yvonne are
Glaswegian (if memory serves) and they have Jose, local instructor. They
arranged accomodation for us, which was perhaps at the limit of the sort of
distance you'd want to walk daily from rooms to dive centre - but no matter
as daily pick-ups and drop-offs were the norm. They also arranged pick-ups
and drop-offs from the airport (Tenerife SOUTH - make sure you go to the
right one!)

The daily routine was;
Pick up from hotel and go to dive shop (10 mins)
Load equipment into car(s) and van(s) as required
Drive to harbour (halfway back to rooms!)
Change, load boat, go diving.
Come back to shore for early lunch (by Spanish standards, ~12:00)
Do second dive
Reverse of morning.
Day finished approx 4pm

The place they arranged accom for us was
http://www.holidayhotels.com/hotel.php?HID=20031017092721666630&hn=Palia%20Parqu
e%20Don%20Jose%20(Tenerife)%20
which is an odd place. Some of the aprtments are part of the hotel, some are
privately owned and sublet. Though self-catering (there are plenty of small
supermarkets nearby) there is also a restaurant on-site where the food is
not exciting, but is VERY cheap on an all-you-can-stuff-away basis for a
flat rate. Also lots of restaurants and eateries nearby, certainly plenty by
the harbour.

Arona (where this is all based) is NOT a tourist town, but a dormitory town
for local folk who work in the more typical Playa de las Americas etc.
Restaurants are for the local market, more typically Sp., and very
economical. There isn't a great deal to do in the town, but if you're going
specifically to dive yourselves out that should not be a problem. It wasn't
for us three.

We flew Monarch from Manchester, and all in all it cost us around £580 per
person for the week all-in. We had one day of no diving because a storm the
previous night left the sea impossibly rough and in any case without viz the
next day. We went for a long walk / hike in the Mars-like volcanic
landscape, which I'm glad we did as it was an aspect of the island we would
otherwise have missed.

All the dive sites were within 20 mins of the harbour on the fast rib, and
ncluded the various sites already mentioned - Ray Station, Condesito
(charming, accessible wreck in around 18m), Escalones etc.

Hope it helps. If you go, remember us to them - Ken, Nigel, John.

Ken

I was there last year at about that time. two 3mm layers were a mite
chilly. Some people had dry suits. I think those with semi drys were
happiest.
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Hi
     I hope you have a wonderful time in tenerife I know we sure did 2 years
ago. I'd recommend Atlantic divers to you if you are staying in the area but
they will pick you up from your resort if transport is a problem. Just
contact Geoff as he will go out of his way to help you,  they were so
friendly. Thier web site for you to browse at your leasure is....
http://www.atlantic-divers.com./.
      Suit wise most wore shorties or 3-5mm semidrys which were fine.
Equipmet you can take your own or you can hire from them , they do full dive
packages and courses, both PADI AND BSAC. Compared to diving here in UK
anything above 15 is positively hot so Im sure you'll enjoy it along with the
visabilty...  Hve funa and hope it helps

  wish......

Hi Weezle ...

If you want a "different" brek .. I advice you www.easyblueworld.com
... a nice diving centre, different from the others by the location ...
in a little village of white houses in fron of the sea, with a little
beach (the DC can rpovide you an accomodation in ne of the houses).

The dives are very safe & serious with them ... from Abades (the
village) but from all the coast too ... I checked, you have all the
informations & pictures about that on their website.

Sure you'll have fun over there ... :o)

Have nice dives.

K