PUERTO DEL CARMEN DIVE SITES
We love to dive and we want to show you the best diving Lanzarote has to offer!
Our dive centre is located just 2 minutes walk from the best dive sites in Lanzarote and our house reef Playa Chica. We have a wide variety of dive sites for you to choose from, with depths for all levels, both shore and boat dives available.
We are happy to announce that Nitrox 30% is FREE for all divers with Nitrox Certification! From September 15th we will have our own trimaran hard boat – the only one in Puerto Del Carmen and boat dives from Puerto Del Carmen will be free of charge!
Daily dives available: Monday to Saturday at 9:00, 11:30 and 15:00.
Orange Coral
The Red Coral is a stunning branching coral that is protected in a cave around 28 metres and is easily missed, however don’t worry your expert dive guide will show you its hiding place! Nearby there is also a commerative plaque and urn and a couple of colourful anemones. After exploring these, head back up to Playa Chica and you will pass over Rene’s wreck. Usually you can find seahorses or octopuses hanging out at the metal grid, so definitely make sure you save enough air to visit them on your way back!
You can expect to find: Orange coral, groupers, sometimes angel sharks and rays on the sand banks, anemones
Shore dive
Depth: 0-30 m
Suitable for: Open Water and above
Grouper Run
Grouper run is one of the best dive sites to dive on Nitrox. A mix of 32% is perfect, allowing you to spend as much time as possible at 30 metres. Explore the wall from the Cathedral round to the start of Ritchies Reef. Look under the overhangs and you can find large clusters of macaronesian encrusting anemones. Spend some time over the top of the sandbanks, in the past sun fish have been spotted here. Tuna and amberjacks have regularly been seen rushing past too!
You can expect to find: Trumpetfish, groupers, sometimes amberjacks, tuna
Shore dive
Depth: 0-30 m
Suitable for: Advanced open water diver and above
Waikiki
Waikiki is home to one of the shallowest orange corals in Europe. A huge branching coral is hiding in the reef at 16 metres. Ultimately this dive site is known for being awesome for the marine life that can be seen here regularly! Trumpetfish can be found hiding in the crevices. As well as this explore the sand banks and see if you can find stingrays and angel sharks. Also amongst the crevices there are several colourful anemones.
You can expect to find: Trumpetfish, stingrays, leopard spotted nudibranchs
Boat dive
Depth: 0-30 m
Suitable for: Open Water Divers and above
Harbour Wrecks
If you love diving wrecks you must visit the Puerto Del Carmen Wrecks. Just a 2 minute boat ride from the old town harbour, there is a set of around 6 wrecks that sunk in the 1970’s especially for scuba divers! In the distance you maybe lucky to find angel sharks or common stingrays resting in the sand. Overall this is a great diving experience for both novice and experienced divers with wrecks sitting from 15-40m!
You can expect to find: 6 wrecks, propeller, barracudas, nudibranchs, angel sharks, rays
Boat dive
Depth: 0-30 m
