Beginners Scuba Diving Experience in Gran Canaria
4.8
235 Ratings
Gran Canaria
Discover the thrill of scuba diving in Gran Canaria! Learn the basics, explore the reefs, and encounter amazing marine life in a small group setting. Don't forget your camera!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Blue Water Diving - * Meet and greet your Instructor at the dive centre. Complete all necessary paperwork and prepare and organise equipment.
  • Start in shallow water and perform a skills sessions and get relaxed and comfortable with breathing underwater.
  • Once comfortable we will then go for a dive around the reef and see the beautiful marine life.
  • Return back to the dive centre.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • All necessary equipment
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • We do not include a pick up or drop off service from hotels.
Additional Information

Get accustomed to scuba diving in Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria. In the course of the 3-hour session, you’ll get acquainted with the scuba gear and receive a rundown on the instruction set which you’ll utilize during your practice session in confined water.

Once you’ve grasped the techniques, we will guide you on an exciting and memorable adventure, exploring the reefs and observing the diverse sea creatures that populate Gran Canaria.

Our dives are conducted in small clusters to ensure your experience is personal and even more enjoyable!

Kindly bring your camera along if you have one :)

  • Diving within 12 hours of flying is not recommended. All participants will be required to complete a health questionnaire prior to diving. Some pre-existing medical conditions (eg asthma, heart conditions, etc) may prevent you from diving, please consult your doctor
  • Minimum age - 10 years old
Location
Blue Water Diving
Calle Doreste y Molina
Meeting at the scuba diving centre. Blue Water Diving
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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P8991egmatthewh
Jun 6, 2024
First time - I would just like to say what an experience. The team was fantastic. I panicked a couple of times. But was well looked after made to feel safe. Because of this I had the best experience I have every had. A massive thankyou to the team.
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Cameron
May 1, 2024
A great introduction to scuba diving! - Had an amazing introduction to scuba diving with the team. They were very patient, friendly, and made me feel very comfortable! The site of the dive was interesting and close by - I think a really good place for a first dive. All up, a great experience, and one I would recommend to a solo traveller or a group!
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Luisr4088
Apr 10, 2024
unforgettable - Crystal clear water, super generous and friendly team. Sven and the others, thank you very much. I hope to return soon for other adventures.
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Márton
Apr 2, 2024
Cool first dive - Great diving school, everyone was very nice and professional. Clear recommendation. Things got down to business quickly, first instruction, then diving directly to a depth of 6-7 meters. Saw lots of fish
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Mark_h
Feb 26, 2024
Fantastic experience!! - Very professional staff, fantastic experience definitely recommend Blue Water if your thinking of diving!! Mark
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993djh
Feb 19, 2024
Father and Daughter first time Scuba Diving - Great experience, staff amazing and very Saftey conscious. If it’s your first time and your a little nervous then these guys will put you right at ease and take good car of you.
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D9772vvdianas
Feb 10, 2024
Fabulous experience - Really amazing experience & fabulous staff who put me at ease from start to finish! Great instructor, very professional & caring!! Thank you!!
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337paulh337
Feb 18, 2024
Beautiful fish but lacked personal touch. - Slightly disappointing overall. There was little warmth or friendliness from most of the staff from the pick up driver to the diving instructor. The instructions were rushed and not enough time was spent getting used to breathing under the water. This part was quite stressful. The clarity of water was good and lots of beautiful fish. However having a camera shoved in your face constantly quickly became annoying - the photos cost E20 extra; some great - most not. Tufia is beautiful, apart from the carpark - no toilets! Really poor communication as to what was going on after the dive as another group was waiting, so left to own devices for over an hour without any initial explanation as to what was happening or when the return journey was expected. Initially not a problem as beautiful setting but annoying not having this explained. The 4 hour "diving experience" includes a lot of waiting around.
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232henrye
Jun 3, 2024
Professional instructors but practice dive was rushed - Myself and my daughter picked the Try Scuba Diving Course as complete beginners. My girlfriend opted for snorkelling. The course consists of three parts i) getting taught some basic instructions in the dive centre and getting kitted out with wetsuits and the SCUBA gear ii) doing a practice dive in the harbour across the road from the dive shop iii) going out on the boat to do the dive. We were given instructions before the dive in the office of the dive centre and got all our gear and kit fitted out there and put on which was all fine. We then went across the road to the harbour to practice the instructions which had been explained to us in the office. The practice consisted of putting our face in the water with mask on and breathing through the regulator followed by descending beneath the water to practice breathing there. I felt that this part of the process was a little rushed and I was not comfortable doing the practice dive in the harbour before going out in the boat to do the actual dive. I opted to do the snorkelling instead using all the scuba gear I had on as did my daughter. She held her breath going down on the practice dive as she did not know how to use the regulator. This was distressing for her and she did not want to go ahead with doing the dive because of this. I felt if we had a little more time in the harbour we all might have been able to do the dive as the instructors were professional and knowledgeable. The owner of the operation came back at the time we were leaving the office to do the practice dive in the harbour and berated the instructors for not having the practice dive already done with us and this may have resulted in the instructors spending less time than we needed in the harbour doing the practice dive in my opinion. After the practice session in the harbour we went out on the boat with to do the snorkelling. My girlfriend had never snorkelled before and did not know how to use the equipment as it was not explained to her so this was unsatisfactory for her as she had to go back in the boat. We got a total of 30 min snorkelling at a location very close to the dive shop - there were some fish but not a huge amount to see. On the plus side the instructors were very helpful and really nice to my own daughter and another young girl in the water who were both quite afraid at the start of the snorkelling. So overall a little disappointing as I did not do the dive but this was partly down to my own fear of going beneath the water which I was trying to get over, and a felt if we had more time in the harbour this might have been different. Also there was 30min snorkelling and no instruction on how to use the equipment to someone who had never snorkelled before so on this day for us it was not good value for money. To summarise, overall, the issue was not with the instructors but on this occasion I felt they were being rushed at a critical part of the process (the practice dive).
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Journey59499599445
May 19, 2024
Disappointed!!! - Disappointed in the way we were treated. Me and my husband went for a discovery scuba diving, but weren't able to breath under water and took us longer than the others to get used to it. The instructor was in a rush, shouting at me at one point because I did a mistake. We didn't do the scuba diving anymore because we weren't ready and we felt stressed. What surprised me is the attitude of the lady that was running the discovery scuba diving (Hellen, or something like that) from the moment we said we are not ready to dive, because sometimes is better to know your limits,she madebus feel unconditional, didn’t speak to us, avoiding us on the boat and when we got back from the boat, looking like we made her loose time, although we still paid for it One of her students (from Leeds)was nice and even we didn't do the dive spent time with us on the boat and made us feel relaxed and like that wasn't the end of the world. What I can say is that I don't recommend them for first time doing the scuba diving.
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