Diving Tenerife

Hi
We're at Santa Barbara Golf & Ocean Club, San Miguel de abona, it's in the
south but we'll be mobile.....
Thanks in advance for any assistance
Hils


"Dan L" <news@removexandNSM.NSMmaxrbxiolNSM.NSMnet> wrote in message
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> On 2006-01-18 22:10:08 +1300, "weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> said:
>
>> Hi Guys
>> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
>> go diving.
>> Can anyone please help with advice?
>> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
>> temperature & therefore what suit?
>> Many thanks
>> Hils
>
>
> 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.
>

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> Hi Guys
> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
> go diving.
> Can anyone please help with advice?
> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
> temperature & therefore what suit?
> Many thanks

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.p...0(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

"Ken" <ken@k1at.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
> news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Hi Guys
>> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
>> go diving.
>> Can anyone please help with advice?
>> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
>> temperature & therefore what suit?

Forgot to mention - water temps were 17ºC throughout. Viz before the storm
was 30m, after the storm worse than Stoney on a particualrly bad day, the
following day around 10m. The three of us wore quite different attire.
Blubberman used a 3mm one-piece wetsuit, Nigel had a 5mm one-piece wetsuit
which was frankly more of a semi-dry (great item from Cressi!), while John
wore a drysuit. All staff were in drysuits.

Ken

"Ken" <ken@k1at.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:dqlvol$m3h$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> "weezle" <sales@weezle-diving.com> wrote in message
> news:QBnzf.155710$D47.16908@fe3.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Hi Guys
>> I've got a freebie break in Tenerife in early March and of course want to
>> go diving.
>> Can anyone please help with advice?
>> Diving centres, dive sites, what to take in the way of equipment, water
>> temperature & therefore what suit?

Forgot to mention - water temps were 17ºC throughout. Viz before the storm
was 30m, after the storm worse than Stoney on a particualrly bad day, the
following day around 10m. The three of us wore quite different attire.
Blubberman used a 3mm one-piece wetsuit, Nigel had a 5mm one-piece wetsuit
which was frankly more of a semi-dry (great item from Cressi!), while John
wore a drysuit. All staff were in drysuits.

Ken