Water sports and leisure activities Canary Islands

This diving centre offers numerous excursions including on the open sea and the classes available for all levels including Padi. Discounts on the Website.

From Valle Gran Rey or from the Hotel Jardin Tecina in Playa Santiago. Boat departure for the different sites (more than 30) selected depending on the winds and current. After seeing morays, rays and other fish, you can recover from your emotions while sipping a beer in the hotel bar in Playa de Santiago.

It was opened in 1988 when Corralejo was an almost deserted beach and today it is the most obvious school, on the large beach of Corralejo, where the Riu hotels are located. Here you can practice many water sports, with courses ranging from initiation to specialization: windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing and even sailing on a catamaran and SUP (stand up paddle), since each member of the team has his own speciality. Possibility of courses in French. Also on the programme: quad, catamaran and bicycle excursions. Something for everyone.

If you are not lucky enough to be staying at the superb Tecina Garden Hotel, here is a formula that will allow you to enjoy its beautiful facilities for a rather modest sum. And more particularly of its swimming pools. In the morning, you choose your formula, upper pool, surrounded by gardens and with beautiful views or lower pool, close to the beach and fed with sea water. A bracelet system (like a club med) gives you the right to use the pools, the breakfast, the bars... until your credit runs out.

This surf school based in Playa del Ingles also offers accommodation + courses + equipment and price discounts by booking your days of surfing on the Web.

Run by Udo and his wife Bianca, Get Wet specialises in excursions for snorkelling. You will discover in the Natural Park of Lobos the most beautiful underwater landscapes of the canary islands. After a 10 minute boat crossing, and the arrival of a professional, snorkelling is offered on lagoons with crystal-clear waters to observe the diversity of the underwater world and admire its colours. Everything is provided: the one-way transfer and return to your hotel, the equipment for diving, and the crossing by boat. No experience is required, and children can do meet in this bath from 6 years. To know, Get Wet is the only excursion for snorkelling in Corralejo.

Based in Las Galletas, in the south of the island of Tenerife, this French centre is affiliated to the FFESSM. You will discover the marine world with snorkeling and scuba diving during a baptism. Located less than 10 minutes by boat from the diving centre, the sites present impressive volcanic bottoms with caves, arches, canyons, basaltic organs as well as a very diversified fauna (parrot fish, rays, barracudas, tunas...). You will also be able to improve your skills during PADI and CMAS courses. Several hosting options.

The Atlandis Diving centre in Lanzarote offers a wide range of introductory diving courses and advanced courses all year round. The centre also has a chill out area for coffee and wifi connection as well as a multimedia room that serves as a support for the courses and a shop. He is also authorized to accompany you in the discovery of the Atlantic Underwater Museum in Playa Blanca. Prices to be consulted on the website.

This family business is run by Geraldine Noël and Eric Multon. It is the only French diving center in Lanzarote. The dives take place in Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca, La Graciosa, Costa Teguise. It offers courses for all levels, from beginners to experienced divers and even for children. The team will be able to advise you about excursions and hotels in the area. And you'll enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of this club.

This company offers cruises to the island of Lobos, from 10am to 2pm in the morning and from 2.15pm to 6.15pm in the afternoon. On the programme, a 20-30 minute visit to the nature reserve, before returning to the catamaran where various activities are then proposed: snorkeling, kayaking, paddle surfing, fishing, jet-skiing, cycling... Possibility to choose a "standard" visit or accompanied by an activity or the whole... On board, drinks are served free of charge. And you will be offered the pictures of the excursion. Good value for money.

A round trip by waterbus is scheduled between Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero. You can buy your tickets at the port. This company provides regular crossings from Fuerteventura to Playa Blanca, departing from Corralejo and arriving in Playa Blanca, lasting approximately three-quarters of an hour, seven departures a day, except Sundays; from Lanzarote to the island of La Graciosa, departing from Orzola and arriving in Caleta de Sebo, lasting approximately twenty-five minutes, ten departures a day. Luggage, surfboards or bicycles carried free of charge.

This company provides regular crossings from Fuerteventura to Playa Blanca, departing from Corralejo and arriving in Playa Blanca, lasting approximately three-quarters of an hour, seven departures a day, except Sundays; from Lanzarote to the island of La Graciosa, departing from Orzola and arriving in Caleta de Sebo, lasting approximately twenty-five minutes, ten departures a day. Luggage, surfboards or bicycles carried free of charge. It also organizes catamaran day trips such as a five-hour excursion to discover the seabed.

Located a few meters from Playa Chica, Puerto's main diving spot, the club offers trips along the south coast and to La Graciosa, but also some more surprising ones, such as the visit of a wreck boat in Arrecife or diving trips for nudists. The instructors are authorized to accompany the visit of the underwater museum "Atlantic", in Playa Blanca. The club also offers many courses, from one day to two weeks, to learn freediving and diving, including specializations to be discovered on the website.

You'll discover whales and dolphins aboard small fishing boats. This agency offers ecologically sound outings, and teaches you how to respectfully observe the species in their natural habitat. Two excursions a day (morning and afternoon), and once a week at dawn, with variable timetables and compulsory advance booking. Excursions must be booked in advance and are guided by an experienced, multilingual (English-Spanish-German) member of the Océano team, providing information on cetaceans. The information center has a small store with a permanent exhibition on the dolphins and whales of La Gomera, free admission.

It offers diving courses with a professional instructor. The center also offers diving services for experienced divers. Maspalomas is a popular destination for diving due to its clear waters and diverse marine life.

La Restinga, located in El Hierro, is a top destination for scuba diving enthusiasts. Arrecifal Centro de Buceo is a renowned diving center in the region. With water visibility of up to 30 meters, divers have the chance to explore incredible sites and encounter rare species such as devil mantises, whales and sharks. The center offers a wide range of PADI diving courses and organizes boat trips to some of Europe's most beautiful dive sites. Dives are guided by French, English and Spanish-speaking instructors. The center has all the necessary facilities, including hot showers, rinse tanks, equipment storage, rental equipment and a video editing workstation. The Mar de las Calmas marine reserve, where the dive sites are located, is protected from prevailing winds and offers visibility of up to 40 meters. Visitors can also observe a wide variety of marine life, from lobsters to sharks and turtles.

Surfing and windsurfing can also be done.

Dive daily between 15 and 30 m deep.

Excursions, courses for beginners.

Submarine Safaris was founded in 1997 in Lanzarote. The idea was to use Lanzarote's first and only real submarine to allow everyone to enjoy the island's underwater wonders. In 2007, the company expanded and opened a new centre in Tenerife. Today the Sub Fun 5 is an impressive 48-seat tourist submarine that allows you to admire the depths with your family (from 2 years old) through the 48 windows and the two watchtowers of the machine. Be careful, no cetacean sightings.

With 236 km of coastline and mild temperatures all year round, Gran Canaria has everything to please those who enjoy water sports. That's why the association presents these different activities and where to do them, whether it's sailing, boat excursions, cetacean watching (whales and dolphins), scuba diving, surfing or parasailing. You'll also find seaside accommodation offering the best conditions for water sports.

This school offers a wide variety of courses: surfing, stand up paddle, kite (following the recommendations of IKO, International Kitesurfing Organisation), whatever the level of the students. But also Yoga courses. With very professional instructors speaking several languages and training courses of one to two weeks. She also takes care of finding accommodation for you, in Famara or La Santa (in apartments, bungalows or dedicated house like the Surf house in Famara, located 50 meters from the beach with a terrace on the "risco").

Created in 1994, this company specializes in the observation of cetaceans, dolphins, whales and other marine fauna off the coast in the Teno-Rasca area, which is part of the Natura 2000 network. For this purpose, it regularly offers two-hour excursions and more punctually three-hour excursions, including snorkeling stops and bathing in the deep blue. To promote a privileged contact with cetaceans, this tiny boat is equipped with a glass hull allowing underwater vision.

Located beachfront on Las Galletas beach in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Coral Sub is a 200-square-meter diving center offering breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean. The center also boasts a huge 3,500-square-meter seawater pool. Coral Sub offers a full range of diving courses and organizes trips twice a day, six days a week, to one of the 30 dive sites listed by their technical director, Fabian Desclin. Coral Sub also offers nitrox diving services and offers courses in Spanish, English, German and Dutch.