Tenerife Diving

In message <cvaqc3$7eo$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mick Harrison
<michael@harrison1190.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>I am going to Tenerife soon and hope to do a couple of dives there. Although
>I have done hundreds of dives around the uk, Norway, Ireland, Northern
>France etc I have never done any warm water dives, Can some one advise what
>to take with me and any info on Dive charters in Tenerife.
>
>Cheers Mick, Maltby SAC.
>
>

After much research I dove with Diversity located on the Marina, (Puerto
colon), in Playa de las Americas. Kit up in the shop, walk along a
marina pontoon to the rib. Very organised and friendly people.

--
Richard Faulkner

In message <cvaqc3$7eo$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mick Harrison
<michael@harrison1190.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>I am going to Tenerife soon and hope to do a couple of dives there. Although
>I have done hundreds of dives around the uk, Norway, Ireland, Northern
>France etc I have never done any warm water dives, Can some one advise what
>to take with me and any info on Dive charters in Tenerife.
>
>Cheers Mick, Maltby SAC.
>
>

After much research I dove with Diversity located on the Marina, (Puerto
colon), in Playa de las Americas. Kit up in the shop, walk along a
marina pontoon to the rib. Very organised and friendly people.

--
Richard Faulkner

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

j t <wreckferret.146@virgin.net> skriver:
> hmmmm.. wonder which is best ??.. you decide.... lol..
> cant wait for the responses..lol lol....

The one that happens to have the instructor that suites your
personality best :^) Taking months, evens years is not especielly good
it this times means less diving. Taking days could mean losing
essentioal steps. Speed isn't everything. Btw, all organisations have
classes taking different time. My PADI cource took over a month. One
pool-dive of theory lession a week, the a dive out week-end. But if
can also be done i three four days. I have seen CMAS/BSAC can be done
in about a week. The intensity of the training doen't differ between
the orgainsation it exists within. What is best depens on the student.
Short intensive courses could be best for they how have easy for the
theory part, and hard for the practicall stuff. Intesive traing tends
to need less repition, you are redoing the exersizes wile they are
fresh. You learn quicker, this also could mean that if you don't keep
up the knowledge you loose it quicker! But usually mens that after the
same amount of time you are a little better off. However the ration is
very personal so it's hard to say anything. (The same goes for
warm/cold water training.) Don't having to do hard stuff, freazing,
tends to make it easier to learn the start moments. Adding the harder
stuff later when havung a solif ground often tends to make it stick
better. On the other hand, lazyness errors that are learnds as you
getaway doing when it's easy can stick and make relearning harder.

The main think i.m.h.o. is to get out diving, and during this be a
thinking critical diver. No education can take away the need os
diving.


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

I am going to Tenerife soon and hope to do a couple of dives there. Although
I have done hundreds of dives around the uk, Norway, Ireland, Northern
France etc I have never done any warm water dives, Can some one advise what
to take with me and any info on Dive charters in Tenerife.

Cheers Mick, Maltby SAC.

use a local club they wont rip you off with prices like these.. padi ...say
no more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"Tony Howard" <tony@samesamediving.com> wrote in message
news:421917d0.0@entanet...
> "Mick Harrison" <michael@harrison1190.freeserve .co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cvaqc3$7eo$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >I am going to Tenerife soon and hope to do a couple of dives there.
> >Although I have done hundreds of dives around the uk, Norway, Ireland,
> >Northern France etc I have never done any warm water dives, Can some one
> >advise what to take with me and any info on Dive charters in Tenerife.
> >
> > Cheers Mick, Maltby SAC.
> Depending upon the water temperature, and how much you feel the cold, you
> will need either a 3mm or 5mm one-piece wetsuit. Water at this time of
> year is usually about 19c / 66f, otherwise standard dive gear. You can
hire
> it when you're out there but I normally take my own.
>
> Definitely have your own boots as there are a lot of spiny urchins and the
> spines can hurt.
>
> Although I've not dived in Tenerife for a few years, although I often dive
> in Lanzarote, which is similar. The last time I was in Tenerife I dived
with
> Tenerife Dive Club, they are now http://www.tenerifedive.com/index.html
> based in the south about 15 minutes drive from Playa De Las Americas, an
are
> a British owned operation.
>
> Have a word with Bob Lenham at Amphibian Watersports in West Norwood,
London
> as he used to own it when it was Tenerife Dive Club and is very friendly
> with the people he sold it to (still dives with them).
>
> I think they now have two dive boats (it was one when I was last there)
and
> can offer Nitrox.
>
> TonyH.
>
>