No, you can use your own equipment if you don’t want to use the center’s equipment.
We offer FREE Pick up services between Puerto de Mogan and San Augustin. Normal Pickup time is between 8.30am and 9.00am. Bring back will be possible between 4.30pm and 5.00pm depends on our workload with diving.
By the law of Spain we are not allowed to do Pickups from the Airport. Just Transport that directly belongs to our Business (like Pickups from Hotel to the Divecenter)
We can provide contact data of local hotels and appartment providers or book accommodation for you, appartments are available near the beach, also with sea view, and near to our center.
Several hotels are available In Puerto de Mogan, and a number of apartment providers offer accommodation, also at the sea front and near to our center.
Prices depend on season and type of accommodation, in hotels starting with € 80 per night and in holiday apartments from € 60 per night per apartment.
Hotels in the area and in Puerto de Mogán aremostly 5* and 4* and we are not aware of any problems; apartments are mainly offered by local providers or agencies. We have good experiences and are not aware of any problems with several apartments near our center and at the seafront.
Unless you are a diving professional we recommend not to bring your own camera to the water due to a risk of detraction, we have a GoPro which our guides use to make photos of your dive tour and which you can acquire.
We prefer to be the ones that use the cameras doing all the photos that you need so that you can enjoy the immersion and be depicted in photos.
Yes, you can get photos and videos made during the dive via we transfer.
Yes, we offer many types of PADI specialty courses, including underwater photography, and our PADI underwater photography instructor is available to train you to the level you want; there are several levels from basic to advanced teaching how to use a reflex camera in manual mode, also with flash, and how to edit images on a computer.
Yes, we do night dives, although sometimes subject to weather conditions.
No, you can use your own equipment if you don’t want to use the center’s equipment.
The minimum age for diving is 8 years and for children we offer the PADI Bubblemaker course to discover scuba diving to a depth of up to 2 meters, a program with specific facilities for them.
The maximum depth depends on the diver’s certification. For the experience of deeper dives we offer the PADI speciality course Deep Diving.
Yes, we are Nitrox instructors and can teach Nitrox courses, and if you are already a Nitrox diver and want to dive with Nitrox, however, you need to let us know 3 days in advance, so that we can have tanks ready for you.
By the law of Spain it’s forbidden to dive without a Professional dive guide.
When diving not too far away from the harbour we normally return to the harbour between dives and change tanks there and have a snack on land, however, when we are further away, eg. at Pasito Blanco, we do all this on the boat, although if you are prone to seasickness you may be snorkeling near the boat while we do the break.
Yes, as long as we have space on the boat, family or friends may accompany you during your diving, this carries a supplement per person, as shown in our price list.
Canary Islands is an area with a mix of Caribbean and Mediterranean species, such as parrotfish, rays, turtles, barracudas, bogas, roncadores, and some species are endemic in the Canary Islands,e.g. the angel shark.
For diving it is not absolutely necessary to know how to swim since you move with fins, however, since diving is an aquatic activity more training in this environment is an advantage.
Our boat is a 7.5 RIB with a 200 HP Suzuki motor and stairs.
The boat capacity is 12 persons, i.e. with one captain and 1 guide the remaining capacity is 10 divers.
Yes, you can most of the time book a divemaster or instructor ata cost of 25 € per dive, except during a few peak days when our workload is too high.
We offer dives in different parts of the island, also in the North, subject to weather conditions and when we have at least four divers booked, preferably one week in advance.
We currently visit regularly arround 20 dive sites in the South of the island, but are flexible depending on the number of divers interested in further dive sites.
Gran Canaria Divers is located in Playa de Mogan, a place recognized as the town with most days of sunshine per year in Europe, our center is just 50 meters from Mogán beach, with convenient access to two different coast entry points for diving and snorkeling, one is the beach and the other stairs at the outer side of a breakwater to reach directly our house reef.
We are open from Monday – Saturday 09:00 till 17:00. Sunday is our day off. Over the phone you can reach us anytime (well, any reasonable time). Sometimes, when night dives are scheduled, we are open longer in the evening.
All our staff speaks English, Spanish, and several speak also as mothertongue German, Polish and/or French and/or Italian.
The center has a shop, a teaching room, a workshop with our compressor, storage of all diving equipment, space for changing into the wetsuits etc., hot showers and toilets and we also offer free Coffee, Tee and Water
You can book here online, contact us at the email address booking@grancanariadivers.com or by phone or Whatsapp (+34) 602 402 538, we will be happy to help and solve all the questions you have.
We recomend to make reservations in advance or at least one day before, so that we can better organize activities and offer a better service, however, we are also flexible at short notice but can not always ensure that places are available.
Yes, we also work with groups, and if needed managing accommodation and transport.
We offer snorkeling from the coast or from the boat in areas of limited depth. From the coast you can enter the sea very near to our center either from Mogán beach or using stairs at the outside of the breakwater wall southeast of Mogán beach, with interesting fauna and flora on the sea bed. On boat trips you can both enjoy views of Puerto de Mogán and the surrounding mountains, and once reaching the snorkel area the life at the rocks and natural reefs outside Mogán harbour, sometimes we can see rays.
There is no minimum age for snorkeling, the requirement being you know how to swim, so it depends on this abilitiy of children. The tour from the coast is more accessible and more comfortable for children.
All kinds of tropical fish, trumpet fish, parrotfish, different types of rays, also Mediterranean species such as fulas, barracudas, spits, bogas and many more, we also have our emblematic species, the angel shark, only found on our coasts.
You can book snorkeling with a divemaster or instructor.
Yes, it’s required by Spanish legislation; short term coverage by ScubaMedic can be acquired through us.
Two hyperbaric chambers are in Arrecife (Lanzarote) and in La Laguna (Tenerife), since 2018 a hyperbaric chamber is installed in Gran Canaria.
Due to our position in the South of Gran Canaria, protected from the dominant northeastern winds of Gran Canaria, practically the whole year is optimal for diving in Mogán, only some few days in December and January may be with some wind and waves.
Sea temperatures range from 24 degrees in summer to 19 degrees in the coldest month, with these temperatures you can enjoy dives with our neoprene suits of 5-7 mm.
The average visibility is more than 15 meters, although we have several months to years that we can enjoy 30 and 40 meters of visibility where the landscapes of the seabed are left uncovered.
There is no need to cancel boat dives, only shore dives from some exposed places in the East and North may be impossible during some 4-5 days per year due do groundswell.
Cancellation Policy
Our objective is consistently to provide a home-like experience, and we are steadfast in our efforts to resolve any problems you may encounter.
General Conditions
This cancellation policy is applicable to all Gran Canaria Divers services, encompassing a range of activities such as scuba diving, Discover Scuba Diving, snorkeling or free diving and various PADI courses including PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Advance Open Water Diver and all other PADI courses offered.
Cancellation Timeframes and Fees
Courses
Cancellation made over 14 days prior the schedule activity allowed for a refund of the payment, with a 10%administration fee deducted. Already purchased e-learnings cannot be refunded.
No refund will be granted for cancellations made within the last 14 days before the scheduled activity.
This is attributed to the allocation of staff, equipment and resources specifically reserved for your booking. It’s important to emphasize that this policy is applicable to both partial and complete cancellations.
Discover Scuba Diving
Cancellation made over 72h prior the schedule activity allowed for a refund of the payment, with a 10% administration fee deducted.
No refund will be granted for cancellations made within the last 72h before the scheduled activity.
This is attributed to the allocation of staff, equipment and resources specifically reserved for your booking. It’s important to emphasize that this policy is applicable to both partial and complete cancellations.
Dives
Cancellation made over 48h prior the schedule activity allowed for a refund of the payment, with a 10%administration fee deducted.
No refund will be granted for cancellations made within the last 48h before the scheduled activity.
This is attributed to the allocation of staff, equipment and resources specifically reserved for your booking. It’s important to emphasize that this policy is applicable to both partial and complete cancellations.
Generally
Cancellation of a course or dive due to medical reasons will only be granted in connection with a medical certificate and only to the person concerned, with a deduction of 10% administration fee. Partners, family members or friends are not entitled to a refund. Already purchased e-learnings cannot be refunded.
In the event a cancellation during the activity, whether for a single or double departure, caused by factors such as dizziness, indisposition, cold or any other unforeseen circumstance beyond our control, the client will not qualify for a complete or partial refund of the pre-paid amount.
This is because a spot was reserved for thou, rejecting other reservations.
We retain the authority to cancel the activities based on weather conditions, prioritizing safety.
Should this occur, the client has the option to reschedule the dive.
If rescheduling is not feasible or the diver can’t dive anymore, a refund will be offered.
We commit to notifying you well in advance if adverse weather conditions are anticipated.
Inability to complete Activities or Courses.
If a student is unable to finish any courses, citing reasons such as ear equalizing issues, medical conditions, panic, anxiety or other circumstances, refunds are not feasible due to reserved spots with the instructor. We offer the student to finish the course within one year without any extra costs.
For guests unable to complete their reserved scuba diving, snorkeling or free diving activity, regardless of the reason, neither refunds nor reschedules are available.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, feel free to contact us.