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Canary Islands

Dive the Red Sea

The Red Sea is one of the world’s premier diving destinations, celebrated for its vibrant soft corals, stunning underwater topography, and an incredible diversity of marine life with over 1,000 species of fish. Adventure seekers can explore world-class wrecks and swim alongside a variety of sharks, making it a must-visit for divers worldwide. Liveaboard trips in Egypt often include the legendary SS Thistlegorm, one of the most iconic wreck dives globally. For thrilling shark encounters, itineraries to Brothers Islands, Daedalus, and Elphinstone reefs offer sightings of oceanic whitetips, grey reef sharks, and hammerheads. In the northern Red Sea, sites like Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef in Tiran and Ras Mohamed National Park boast dense marine life, vibrant corals, and the famous Yolanda wreck.

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The Islands

Explore diverse Canary Islands diving itineraries offering dramatic volcanic rock formations, vibrant reefs, thrilling drift dives and abundant Atlantic marine life: rays, turtles & angel sharks.

Tenerife

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Gran Canaria

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El Hierro

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About the Canaries

Located off the northwest coast of Africa, the Canary Islands stretch across the Atlantic in a volcanic chain that offers some of Europe’s most distinctive diving conditions. Tenerife is often considered the main departure point for northern itineraries, while liveaboards and long-range charters exploring the southern and western regions commonly depart from Gran Canaria or Lanzarote.

The Canary Islands encompass a vast marine area shaped by ancient lava flows, underwater cliffs, and open-ocean exposure. Divers enjoy year-round conditions thanks to the mild subtropical climate, with clear waters and visibility that can reach well beyond 30 meters. The archipelago offers more than a hundred established dive sites, including volcanic reefs, dramatic caverns, walls, and wrecks.

Cold and warm currents mix around the islands, drawing a rich variety of marine life from the open Atlantic. Divers may encounter shimmering schools of amberjack, barracuda, and mackerel, along with rays, turtles, and occasionally sharks cruising the deeper blue. Its short flight time from Europe makes the Canaries a convenient and popular diving destination. While coastal diving centers in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Lanzarote are excellent for local sites, liveaboards and extended charters give divers access to multiple islands in a single journey, unlocking more remote volcanic formations and diverse ecosystems.

Getting There

Flights to the Canary Islands are simple and convenient, with frequent direct routes from major European hubs such as London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Most liveaboard and diving trips use either Tenerife South Airport (TFS) or Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), both of which receive year-round international traffic. For travelers coming from outside Europe, easy connections through Madrid (MAD), Barcelona (BCN), or Lisbon (LIS) make the journey smooth, with short onward flights to any of the main islands.