Diving in Tenerife

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:31:31 +0100 in uk.rec.scuba, Tricky says:

>"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
>news:2tlmc8F20qr5oU2@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>> Name & shame then
>>
>
>Nope, because I've been working for them! It's the concern of the PADI QA
>department now

OK, just wondered who to avoid when I next went back to Malta,
originally I did my OW there but found the diving more limited when I
spent a week in the summer.

--
Ian
"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

>> I'll be spending a week in November with Agua Tenerife Diving
>> www.tenerifedive.com run by Yvonne & David Taylor, a pair of ex-pat Scots
>> (but you can't hold that against them). It'll be the third time I've
> dived
>> with them.
>>
>> They're the only operators, I've seen, that *always* have surface cover
>> on
>> their rib.
>>
>> They can also provide excellent, reasonably priced accommodation.
>
> I dived with David and Yvonne about four years ago when the company was
> called Tenerife Dive club (or something similar) and have to agree that
> they
> could not be more helpful in making accommodation arrangements,
> transporting
> us to and from the airport at 3 am, and that the diving was well executed,
> but there were drawbacks caused by the location of their premises. Their
> shop was away from the beach with very limited parking nearby, so they
> collected us from the apartment, drove us to the shop to collect the
> equipment, then drove us to the beach where we waded out to the RIB.
> Returning from the dive was a reverse of this process.
>
> I had no problem with this arrangement and would happily use them again if
> I
> were to return to Tenerife, but some folk might be put off by the lack of
> independence and the need to carry kit into the water across a stony
> beach.
> Having said that, maybe the change of name indicates a change of premises
> so
> it is worth enquiring.
>
> I went to Tenerife for an early season warm-up with fairly low
> expectations
> and found it surprisingly enjoyable. Not up to Red Sea standards of
> course,
> but more life than I expected, and more variety of sites. The food in the
> restaurants was also good and cheap.
>
> Cliff.
>
I used to dive with Tenerife Dive Club when it was owned by Bob Lenham
(owner of Amphibian Watersports in West Norwood, London), and they were one
of the 1st dive centres to offer Nitrox on Tenerife.

Haven't dived with present owners, but I've spoken to Bob Lenham about them
recently and they sound like nice people (he still goes out there to dive
with them).

Definitely would be high on my list of centres to use, if it wasn't for the
fact that our timeshare is on Lanzarote!

In message <2tjvutF1vuipdU1@uni-berlin.de>, Steve Parry
<k100rs_1990removethis@hotmail.com> writes
>In news:AoMbCxPudEdBFw0Y@estate.demon.co.uk,
>Richard Faulkner <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> fumbled, fiddled and
>fingered:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thinking of a Winter holiday in Tenerife, and found a few dive
>> operators which looked good, (and not so good?)>
>>
>> Any recommendations, in Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, or Los
>> Gigantes, (or anywhere else .
>>
>> The sites I looked at were:
>>
>> http://www.aqua-marina.com/diving-tenerife/ (look really good)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.net (just OK?)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.co.uk (look really good)
>
>
>I can highly recommend
>http://www.island-divers.com/
>
>Nice people who care about their clients, unlike some.
>

Steve,

Thanks for the tip

I notice that they have a RIB in the marina at Playa De Las Americas, a
Bus/office, and an office on the south of the island. Do they have an
office or something on the marina? If not, where do you get changed and
showered etc?

Regds

--
Richard Faulkner

In news:z3xnVSXZmtdBFwCc@estate.demon.co.uk,
Richard Faulkner <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> fumbled, fiddled and
fingered:
> In message <2tjvutF1vuipdU1@uni-berlin.de>, Steve Parry
> <k100rs_1990removethis@hotmail.com> writes
>> In news:AoMbCxPudEdBFw0Y@estate.demon.co.uk,
>> Richard Faulkner <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> fumbled, fiddled and
>> fingered:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thinking of a Winter holiday in Tenerife, and found a few dive
>>> operators which looked good, (and not so good?)>
>>>
>>> Any recommendations, in Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, or
>>> Los Gigantes, (or anywhere else .
>>>
>>> The sites I looked at were:
>>>
>>> http://www.aqua-marina.com/diving-tenerife/ (look really good)
>>>
>>> http://www.divingtenerife.net (just OK?)
>>>
>>> http://www.divingtenerife.co.uk (look really good)
>>
>>
>> I can highly recommend
>> http://www.island-divers.com/
>>
>> Nice people who care about their clients, unlike some.
>>
>
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the tip
>
> I notice that they have a RIB in the marina at Playa De Las Americas,
> a Bus/office, and an office on the south of the island. Do they have
> an office or something on the marina? If not, where do you get
> changed and showered etc?
>
> Regds

We just got changed in the minibus and showered when we got back to the
hotel.

No office on the marina.


--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://www.arrivedeprived.org.uk/

K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

In message <2tpsi7F221d6oU1@uni-berlin.de>, Steve Parry
<k100rs_1990removethis@hotmail.com> writes
>>> I can highly recommend
>>> http://www.island-divers.com/
>>>
>>> Nice people who care about their clients, unlike some.
>>>
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Thanks for the tip
>>
>> I notice that they have a RIB in the marina at Playa De Las Americas,
>> a Bus/office, and an office on the south of the island. Do they have
>> an office or something on the marina? If not, where do you get
>> changed and showered etc?
>>
>> Regds
>
>We just got changed in the minibus and showered when we got back to the
>hotel.
>
>No office on the marina.
>
>
>--
>Steve Parry

Steve,

e.mailed them and they are shut for their annual holiday when we are
there. Graham recommended Ocean Dreams in Puerto Colon, but I cant find
a web site, or any info on them - any ideas?

Anyway, having looked at a lot of web sites and reviews, I have decided
that we really want a dive centre which has a site on, or very near, the
marina (in Playa de las Americas), and/or has a boat in the marina.

I have now narrowed this down to:

http://www.mantasub.com

http://www.divingtenerife.net (Diversity)

http://www.estrella-del-mar.com (NAUI only)

http://www.divingshoptenerife.com


If anybody knows any reasons for or against any of these, we would be
grateful

Thanks to all for the various comments.


Regds

--
Richard Faulkner

Richard Faulkner <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> skriver:
> Any recommendations, in Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, or Los
> Gigantes, (or anywhere else .

After a test of the diving down there... There is one really good
operartor...

Tenerife Scuba http://www.tenerifescuba.com/ Chris and Sarah could fix
everything and are really good people. They will be up for the dive
show in Birmingham, go there and have a chat. If you are going down
for a little longer time. (E.g. more than a week.) ask that to fix a
trip over to El Hierro, the diving of La Restinga if way better than
any diving of Tenerife. And that diving is really good.

/ Anders
--
http://anders.arnholm.nu/ Keep on Balping

"andy2tanx" <2tanx@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cloivn$mbd$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi
>
> I dived with this centre and the dives were second to none with a service
> to match.
>
> Hope wherever you dive in Tenerife that you enjoy it!!
>
> Andy
>
> www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk
>
> "Richard Faulkner" <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:AoMbCxPudEdBFw0Y@estate.demon.co.uk...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thinking of a Winter holiday in Tenerife, and found a few dive operators
>> which looked good, (and not so good?)>
>>
>> Any recommendations, in Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, or Los
>> Gigantes, (or anywhere else .
>>
>> The sites I looked at were:
>>
>> http://www.aqua-marina.com/diving-tenerife/ (look really good)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.net (just OK?)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.co.uk (look really good)
>>
>> --
>> Richard Faulkner
>
>

In message <cloivn$mbd$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>, andy2tanx
<2tanx@tiscali.co.uk> writes
>Hi
>
>I di ed with this centre and the dives were second to none with a service to
>match.
>

Which dive centre? <g>

>Hope wherever you dive in Tenerife that you enjoy it!!
>
>Andy
>
>www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk
>
>"Richard Faulkner" <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:AoMbCxPudEdBFw0Y@estate.demon.co.uk...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thinking of a Winter holiday in Tenerife, and found a few dive operators
>> which looked good, (and not so good?)>
>>
>> Any recommendations, in Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, or Los
>> Gigantes, (or anywhere else .
>>
>> The sites I looked at were:
>>
>> http://www.aqua-marina.com/diving-tenerife/ (look really good)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.net (just OK?)
>>
>> http://www.divingtenerife.co.uk (look really good)
>>
>> --
>> Richard Faulkner
>
>

--
Richard Faulkner

> I di ed with this centre

Spooky - UKRS from beyond the grave...

CAS

I'll second what someone else said above about Los Gigantes Diving
Centre being excellent.

It's an English-speaking PADI 5* IDC and we found it to be friendly and
accommodating, with competent and safety conscious staff. It's right
next to the marina and a 5 minute rib ride to some excellent dive sites
at the base of the huge rocky cliffs. Best of all, they have
established a Ray feeding site so you can experience whopping great
beasts pluck fish directly from your hand!

I believe that LGDC have some of their own accommodation available upon
request, but we stayed in Santiago, which is technically the next town
along the coast but actually only a 20 minute stroll.

Their website is at:
http://www.ivydene1.co.uk/lgdc/

Best wishes and enjoy yourself!
Pete


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