Safari Diving would like to advise you that under the Spanish Diving Laws (B.E. no. 280, 22nd November 1997, Ministerio de Fomento) it is mandatory that all divers here have Personal Accident and Third Party Liability Insurance.
Whilst some holiday insurance policies may cover you to dive please check the terms of your policy with regard to diving. Some policies may not cover you for scuba diving and may have only very limited medical cover.
The costs of medical treatment abroad can be very expensive should you require hospitalisation or recompression treatment whilst scuba diving abroad.
It is for the protection of your own personal finances that you ensure you have adequate diving insurance cover.
If you do not have the necessary diving insurance cover to dive here in Lanzarote you will breaking the law and may also have to pay in full for any medical costs incurred.
When you are diving with Safari Diving, at registration we will ask you to provide the following:
Details of:
Name of insurance company
Policy number
Date of Policy
The procedures to follow in the case of an emergency.
Sighting of the your original insurance document
If you cannot provide this necessary information or do not have insurance, we will be able to effect immediate cover on your behalf at very reasonable costs.
Please remember that most specialist diving insurance companies will stipulate that recreational sport diving activities are carried out in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations for safe diving practices as laid down by your certifying diving agency eg BSAC,PADI, SSI, NAUI etc. This is of paramount importance with regard to the depth that you intend to dive to.
Here is a sample of the websites that you can view for details of insurance cover:
www.daneurope.org
www.diveassure.com
www.divinginsuranceuk.com
www.dive-master.net
Alternatively insurance can be purchased at Safari Diving SL.
Cover for 1 day 8.00 Euros
Cover for 1 month 24.50 Euros
Annual cover 42.50 Euros
All course prices include insurance
