Dive Review of Nautico Dive Academy/N/A in
General Travel/Other Locations/Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Other General Travel/Other Locations reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Nautico Dive Academy/N/A: "Gran Canaria shore diving", Apr, 2019, by Faye Wilde , Purley, GB ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11059.
Photos Submitted with this Report Click on an image to see an enlarged version and captions
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I have dived with these guys a few times, although they used to be called Dive Academy Gran Canaria and have recently changed ownership and name. I am lucky enough to have friends who live in Gran Canaria and this operation are happy to collect you from nearby hotels / accommodation and drop you off again. I did all shore dives but the centre are offering more boat dives now as well. Shore entries are from beaches or over rocks and so you need a basic level of fitness to carry gear and get in and out. The staff do of course help with getting fins on and off and helping you in and out of the water. My favourite dive site is the El Cabron marine reserve near Arinaga. The topography here is rocky reef and being the Atlantic, conditions are variable but generally good vis and dive able all year round. Plenty to see including octopus, barracuda, Angel sharks in season, roncadores, trumpetfish. European parrotfish and nudibranchs to name but a few! I always enjoy diving here and the centre has a great set up with great guides!
Websites	Nautico Dive Academy
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Several Red Sea trips in different locations, Tobago, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Mozambique, Thailand, Maldives, Madeira, Menorca, Malta, Gozo, Turkey, Iceland, Azores, Cape Verde and frequently in the UK where I am based.
Closest Airport	Las Palmas	Getting There	Lots of direct flights from the UK and Mainland Europe
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	18-23°C / 64-73°F	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	10-30 M / 33-98 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive guided with dive centre staff.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	On the shore entries it can be a bit tricky climbing in and out over the rocks so a smallish camera you can clop to yourself is probably easier to manage

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 82 dive reviews of General Travel/Other Locations and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All General Travel/Other Locations Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to General Travel/Other Locations
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Want to assemble your own collection of General Travel/Other Locations reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.43 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of Nautico Dive Academy/N/A in General Travel/Other Locations/Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Nautico Dive Academy/N/A: "Gran Canaria shore diving", Apr, 2019,

Photos Submitted with this Report

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Nautico Dive Academy/N/A in
General Travel/Other Locations/Gran Canaria, Canary Islands