Cueva de los Cerebros

El Condesito Wreck

El Pejín Wreck

Garachico

Los Chuchos

Punta de la Rasca

Radazul

Yellow Mountain (Montaña Amarilla)

Tenerife cooking centres on wrinkled papas arrugadas potatoes with red and green mojo sauces, fresh vieja and cherne fish and toasted gofio flour. Local ingredients and simple coastal preparation let the pure Canarian flavours shine through in every seafood meal. Local ingredients and simple coastal preparation let the pure Spanish flavours shine through in every seafood meal, best enjoyed with regional wine after a day in the water.

Hotel Sol Arona Tenerife

Apartamentos Marola Portosin

Hotel Vulcano

Barceló Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest Canary Island and a year-round diving destination, warmed by the Atlantic and shaped by dramatic volcanic geology. The sheltered south coast around Las Galletas, Los Cristianos and Costa del Silencio offers penetrable wrecks such as El Condesito and El Pejín, sandy slopes crowded with stingrays and angel sharks, and lava-tube caverns like Cueva de los Cerebros. Green turtles graze the turtle-grass at Montaña Amarilla, while deep pinnacles off Punta de la Rasca draw amberjack, tuna and occasional pelagics. Mild water, easy shore access and a dense network of dive centres make Tenerife ideal for training, wreck diving and macro photography alike.

Canary Islands – Tenerife

Fly into Tenerife South (TFS) or Tenerife North (TFN); most diving is on the south coast, a short drive from resorts around Las Galletas, Los Cristianos and Costa del Silencio, reached by shore entry or short boat trips.

Dive Sites in Canary Islands – Tenerife