Beginner Scuba Diving Experience at Amadores Beach Gran Canaria

Overview

This beginner scuba diving experience in Gran Canaria is made for people who have never dived before. After hotel pickup in the south-west coastal towns, our van takes you to the best dive site of the day on the coast around Amadores and Puerto Rico, chosen for the calmest, clearest water. A certified instructor gives you a friendly briefing, then you practise a few simple skills in shallow water before your guided dive of about an hour. Expect parrotfish, trumpetfish, rays and barracuda over volcanic rock and sand. Groups are small, up to 8 people, all diving equipment and diving accident insurance are included, and the whole half-day takes about three hours with transfers.

Highlights

• Your first breath underwater with a certified instructor beside you
• Dive site chosen each day for the best conditions on the south-west coast
• Shallow-water practice before the guided dive, ideal for complete beginners
• Marine life such as parrotfish, trumpetfish, rays and barracuda
• Small groups of up to 8 participants
• Hotel pickup from Maspalomas to Mogán, full equipment and insurance included
• Half-day experience starting at 09:00

Itinerary

1. Hotel pickupOur van collects you from your hotel area on the south-west coast between 08:15 and 09:00 and drives to the dive site of the day (about 30 minutes).
2. Safety briefingYour certified instructor explains the equipment, breathing, ear equalisation and hand signals (about 30 minutes).
3. Gear up and shallow-water practicePut on the wetsuit and equipment and practise a few simple skills in shallow water.
4. Guided beginner diveExplore the reef and sandy seabed with the instructor for about one hour in the water.
5. Return transferChange and ride back to your hotel area (about 30 minutes).

What's included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off from the south-west coastal towns
• Certified diving instructor
• Safety briefing and shallow-water skills practice
• Guided beginner dive (about 1 hour in the water)
• Full diving equipment
• Diving accident insurance

Not suitable for

• Children under 10 years
• Non-swimmers
• Pregnant women
• People with heart or respiratory problems, epilepsy, diabetes or high blood pressure
• People with back problems, recent surgery or other pre-existing medical conditions

Meeting point

Hotel pickup is included from Maspalomas, Arguineguín, Patalavaca, Puerto Rico, Platero, Taurito, Playa de Mogán and Puerto de Mogán. For the 09:00 dive, pickup is between 08:15 and 09:00; we confirm the exact time the day before. If you stay outside the coastal towns between Playa del Inglés and Mogán, pickup is not included and we send you the meeting point at the dive site.

Important information

• Bring your passport or ID card, swimwear, a towel and a change of clothes
• A medical questionnaire must be completed before the dive
• Conditions such as asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, high blood pressure, sinusitis or heart disease, or certain medicines, require a doctor's permission, which can be arranged on the island at least 24 hours before
• Wait at least 12 hours between a single dive and flying (18 hours after several dives)
• You must be able to swim; minimum age 10
• Alcohol and drugs are not allowed before diving
• Action camera rental is available on site at extra cost