Published on Aug, 2019
When I booked with Tripadvisor, I received a personal WhatsApp message a few days before my dive just confirming everything and introducing themselves, and giving me the opportunity to ask them any questions beforehand which I found extremely helpful. I confirmed the time and location (5 minute walk from El Medano beach), and felt instantly welcomed upon arrival. Everyone spoke perfect English (and Spanish of course), and I instantly felt like a friend despite travelling to Tenerife alone. We first went out for breakfast, it was myself, the two dive masters, two other diving tourists and two young men on placement to get their diving qualifications, to a local cafe where everyone was so kind and friendly, the masters were full of banter with each other and we all laughed and got to know each other. I then went with one of the masters to the location where we would dive, where I was assured that we would only enter the water when I was confident. He showed me all the gear and went over absolutely everything I needed to know, answering any questions I had (even silly ones). Worth mentioning that just before we had breakfast, we were lucky enough to see a family of 7-8 dolphins playing in the water - though I can’t guarantee this will happen every time! After putting all the gear on, we walked into the water. He made me start by just putting my face into the water to practice breathing, which took me a while to grasp, but this made no difference to the amount of time spent diving. Once ready, and after going over all the hand signals one last time, we went under the water and I was astonished by the amount of fish, crabs, angel sharks, octopi, and everything that I saw. At one point I felt I couldn’t even swim through some of the fish. It was genuinely incredible. He took so many photos on his underwater camera which the company email to you for free. It is some of the best money I’ve ever spent, it’s total value for what you pay. I can honestly see myself going back to this same diving school every year, even just for breakfast! Thank you so much everyone!!