Sports and adventure – Scuba diving in Tenerife

During the whole year you can engage in underwater activities, since the water temperature oscillates between 17° and 24° C. The water is extremely clear and allows a visibility of up to 30 meters.

The numerous diving and scuba diving schools offer excursions through the colourful underwater world of Tenerife. The rich seabed allows you to observe trumpetfish, scorpion fish, pez loro parrotfish, turtles, moray eels, barracudas, bottlenose dolphins, pilot whales, groupers, vieja parrotfish, sargo seabream, conger eels, besugo seabream, red snappers and brays, red mullet, hake and two kinds of shark, namely the angelshark and the dogfish.

The dives into the caves, grottoes or the sunken remains ships is especially recommended.

Dolphin and whale watching excursions

To the south and west of Tenerife, several companies offer whale watching excursions, mainly pilot whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales. In Tenerife’s waters you can get to see up to 21 species of such mammals.

The more fortunate will also be able to see blue and killer whales.