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Well we eventually arrived in Tenerife on Friday instead of Wednesday as planned and first thing I do is ring Mike (Scuba1) & Rebecca of South Coast Divers to arrange diving, this instantly pisses wifee off, who’s icy stare and the comment `you’re not going diving tomorrow are you!` (notice the exclamation mark not question mark) forces me to reply well err err no of course not love I’ll stay with you tomorrow and dive the following two days.
So day 1 sit in sun bored f...ing silly just waiting for the next day.
Day 2, picked up from Hotel by George taken back to dive centre to kit up.
I was given a choice of 12 or 15 ltr tanks, chose the 15 since I’m a touch heavy on air.
Off we go to do a couple of shore dives, bit disappointed we weren’t going out on the boat, but I need not have worried.
First dive: A small bay called Las Eras
Good dive gently sloping to 34 mtrs, lots of fish, it is now that I have to apologise, I am hopeless at remembering fish names, my descriptions refer only to size and colour.
Second dive: Los Abrigos "The Pool"
Great dive, climb down (not difficult) and jump into what looks like a small rock pool 4mtrs wide.
We descended swam through a opening to the sea to an area of small caves, glad I had my torch, this showed the true colours of the rock, we noticed the imprint where an Angle Shark had been, quick look around couldn’t see it. Carried on along rock face, we returned via the sand and found the Angle Shark approx 1.5 mtrs long, after a very careful prod it gently lifted off the seabed and glided away.
Day3, This time boat dive
Dive 1: El Palmar "Moray Cave"
Excellent dive 30mtr to seabed 20-25 mtr vis 20deg, (not 21 deg as scuba1 stated)
Entrance to cave system only entered 5-6 mtrs then out and played with moray eels.
Dive 2: El Paraiso "The Anchor"
Not so good, the recent storms had left this area with vis of 7-8 mtrs, which I still thought was pretty good. We had gone to this area to see the stingrays but alas we couldn’t find them. Still I took a banana with me and was like the pied piper of the underwater world, I’d look behind me and it seemed all the fish were following me.
Then back to Hotel pick up wifee take her to Café where she stayed with Rebecca (from South Coats Divers) whilst I went on a night dive with Mike (scuba1)
Night Dive: Los Abrigos "Dead Dog Cove" This was also an excellent dive
I felt like James Bond wading into a small cove in darkness.
We saw Octopus, Squid, Sting Rays max depth 10mtrs.
Then after dive met up with other halves and on to a local fish restaurant.
This is the fifth time I have dived in Tenerife and without doubt had the best time, unfortunately I could only dive a couple of days but I had a great time and would recommend South Coast Divers.
I `ve probably bored you to death by now so I’ll sign off.
Well we eventually arrived in Tenerife on Friday instead of Wednesday as planned and first thing I do is ring Mike (Scuba1) & Rebecca of South Coast Divers to arrange diving, this instantly pisses wifee off, who’s icy stare and the comment `you’re not going diving tomorrow are you!` (notice the exclamation mark not question mark) forces me to reply well err err no of course not love I’ll stay with you tomorrow and dive the following two days.
So day 1 sit in sun bored f...ing silly just waiting for the next day.
Day 2, picked up from Hotel by George taken back to dive centre to kit up.
I was given a choice of 12 or 15 ltr tanks, chose the 15 since I’m a touch heavy on air.
Off we go to do a couple of shore dives, bit disappointed we weren’t going out on the boat, but I need not have worried.
First dive: A small bay called Las Eras
Good dive gently sloping to 34 mtrs, lots of fish, it is now that I have to apologise, I am hopeless at remembering fish names, my descriptions refer only to size and colour.
Second dive: Los Abrigos "The Pool"
Great dive, climb down (not difficult) and jump into what looks like a small rock pool 4mtrs wide.
We descended swam through a opening to the sea to an area of small caves, glad I had my torch, this showed the true colours of the rock, we noticed the imprint where an Angle Shark had been, quick look around couldn’t see it. Carried on along rock face, we returned via the sand and found the Angle Shark approx 1.5 mtrs long, after a very careful prod it gently lifted off the seabed and glided away.
Day3, This time boat dive
Dive 1: El Palmar "Moray Cave"
Excellent dive 30mtr to seabed 20-25 mtr vis 20deg, (not 21 deg as scuba1 stated)
Entrance to cave system only entered 5-6 mtrs then out and played with moray eels.
Dive 2: El Paraiso "The Anchor"
Not so good, the recent storms had left this area with vis of 7-8 mtrs, which I still thought was pretty good. We had gone to this area to see the stingrays but alas we couldn’t find them. Still I took a banana with me and was like the pied piper of the underwater world, I’d look behind me and it seemed all the fish were following me.
Then back to Hotel pick up wifee take her to Café where she stayed with Rebecca (from South Coats Divers) whilst I went on a night dive with Mike (scuba1)
Night Dive: Los Abrigos "Dead Dog Cove" This was also an excellent dive
I felt like James Bond wading into a small cove in darkness.
We saw Octopus, Squid, Sting Rays max depth 10mtrs.
Then after dive met up with other halves and on to a local fish restaurant.
This is the fifth time I have dived in Tenerife and without doubt had the best time, unfortunately I could only dive a couple of days but I had a great time and would recommend South Coast Divers.
I `ve probably bored you to death by now so I’ll sign off.
