Diving in the Canary Islands

Scuba diving: one of the best things to do in the Canary Islands. There are a number of schools that can teach you and provide the equipment.

The Canary Islands offers some amazing volcanic rock formations with some small caverns swim through’s and plenty of marine life. When scuba diving in the Canary Islands, you can regularly see Bream, Sea Bass, Wrasse, Barracuda, Amber jacks, Octopus, Moral Eel to name just a few, also some of the biggest Stingrays in the Canary Islands waters, which are very used to scuba divers and come in quite close (Gentle giants).

Due to the volcanic formation of the islands there are many striking geological features to enjoy, from towering columns of basalt rock (think: Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway) to caves and swim-throughs formed by rapidly cooling lava or pockets of gas.
Other areas provide sheltered sandy bottoms in which we may enjoy diving with turtles, giant stingrays and Angel Sharks – a species which is globally under significant threat but which we are lucky enough to see frequently in our waters.