Dive Review of
Aqua Marina Dive Centre/Playa de las Americas, Tenerife in
Spain/Tenerife, Canary Islands

 United Kingdom, Norway, Thailand, Red Sea, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Florida,
Bahamas 

Dive Conditions

Diving with a guide; reasonable depth limits enforced  

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Overall Rating

Divers looking for beautiful corals and lots of tropical fish will be
disappointed; they should book a trip to the Red Sea.  Tenerife and its
sister islands are the result of volcanic activity; except for the
critters, diving here will remind you more of diving the quarry or lake
back home.  Lots . . . lots of moray eels, sting rays and eagle rays. 
Baracuda, angel sharks, scorpion fish, and octopi are also in residence
here.  It takes some looking in the right places to find some of these, but
persistent divers with a good torch will be rewarded.  Most dives are from
a RIB; a couple of shore dives are a real challenge because of rocks and
tides.  Dives between 5 - 45 metres.  British owned/operated Aqua Marina
Dive Centre (www.aqua-marina.com) is close to the beach . . . just a short
walk with equipment to load the RIB to sites nearby.  Multi-lingual dive
staff is first class: friendly, knowledgeable, professional and willing to
ensure the customer has an enjoyable dive holiday.  Good place for
beginners: while I dived, my companion took the PADI OW and AOW courses and
is now an excitied, certified diver.  Rental kit is in good shape; plenty
available.  I would go again and dive with Andy and Neil anytime.  Tenerife
is surprisingly clean and colourful.  Food is good.  Rent a car and take
time to drive up to the volcano (although warm on the shore, it's cold on
the mountain!).  Condos readily available and local markets remain open
late.  Book early. 

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