Diving Lanzarote in Puerto Del Carmen and Playa Blanca
Diving in Lanzarote is possible all year round. The Atlantic Ocean offers excellent underwater visibility and a wide variety of marine life. The unique combination of Safari Diving and Dive College Lanzarote allows you to discover the best dive sites in Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca.
From angel sharks to seahorses
With a beautiful house reef on our doorstep, Safari Diving offers a wide selection of dive sites suitable for all levels. Weekly we visit the famous dive sites such as Cathedral, Blue hole, Red Coral, Playa Chica and the harbour wrecks. There is a huge variety of marine life such as groupers, tuna, barracuda, angel sharks, octopus and rays. You will also find seahorses at various dive sites.
Diving from the beach and by boat
Safari Diving offers both beach and boat dives as well as regular night dives. See our weekly programme.
Discover also the must-see dive sites in Playa Blanca
Thanks to the unique combination with Dive College Lanzarote, our divers can easily visit the must-see dive sites in Playa Blanca, such as Museo Atlántico, Flamingo Wall and Fingers. We can arrange transport and you only must bring your own diving equipment. Tanks, weights, and rental equipment are provided on-site.
Check out our dive sites
Cathedral
Only a short distance from the beach in front of the dive centre, you will find this spectacular cave at 30 metres of depth. There is a 10-meter wide opening where you can dive into the cave where you are usually welcomed by some large groupers. At the back of the cave, you will find a special rock formation that almost looks like an altar. Outside the cave there are often large shoals of sardines, and you can even see some black coral.
Type of dive: beach
Depth: 30 meters
Level: Advanced
When: Wednesday and Friday at 9:30
The Blue Hole
We follow the reef passing a field of garden eels and gradually go deeper until we can dive through the Blue Hole, a passage in the reef. Light your torch and you will see the beautiful sponges, as well as shrimps and spider crabs. Also, a dive site where we regularly spot large rays and barracuda.
Type of dive: beach
Depth: 30 meters
Level: Advanced
When: Tuesday and Saturday at 9:30
Playa Chica
The house reef of Playa Chica consists of a combination of rock formations and sandy slopes and offers a huge variety of marine life. You can see our famous sea horses and other creatures such as nudibranchs and octopus together with massive shoals of colourful reef fish. On the sandy part you can discover rays and angel sharks. There are several different dives you can do on this reef, and you will always be amazed at the diversity of the marine life on display.
Type of dive: beach
Depth: 10-18 meters
Level: all levels from Scuba Diver
When: most days at 10:15
Harbour wrecks
You will find this unique dive site just outside the old harbour in Puerto del Carmen. Here you can dive among several wrecks. The first wreck, which is at 18 meters of depth, lies around the edge of the reef and it is actually partly built into the harbour wall. Following the reef, you will see the remains of the other wrecks at around 30 meters of depth. Apart from the wrecks, there is always a lot of marine life such as shoals of reef fish, barracuda, rays and angel sharks.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 18-30 meters
Level: all levels from Open water diver
When: Wednesday and Saturday at 14:30
Red Coral
Entering the water right in front of the dive centre, we dive outside the bay and first encounter the small wreck of a fishing boat at around 25 meters of depth. Following the reef, we reach our destination and discover the beautiful red coral hidden in a small opening in the reef. During this dive you can find barracuda chasing shoals of sardines, groupers watching you curiously and if we are lucky maybe even a butterfly ray or angel shark.
Type of dive: beach
Depth: 30 meters
Level: Advanced
When: Monday and Thursday at 09:30
Museo Atlántico in Playa Blanca
Join us on a day of diving in Playa Blanca and visit the unique Museo Atlántico, the underwater sculpture museum! After an extensive briefing to explain the meaning of the different sculptures you will dive among the spectacular statues of artist Jason deCaires Taylor, a must-see dive site. The museum is in a sheltered area at a depth of 12-15 meters and is only accessible by boat.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 12-15 meters
Level: all levels from Scuba Diver
When: Wednesday and Friday at 9:30.
Flamingo Wall in Playa Blanca
This is one of the best dive sites in Playa Blanca and well worth a visit together with the Museo. The dive takes you along a wall full of marine life. You will definitely enjoy diving among the massive shoals of fish that are a specific feature of this dive. Also, there are regular sightings of barracuda, trumpet fish, angel sharks and rays.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 17 meters
Level: all levels from Open water diver
When: Wednesday and Friday at 15:00.
Richie´s Place
Join us on a dive at this special drift dive site and be amazed by the amazing landscape that consists of sandy slopes and rock formations with small caverns as well as an impressive drop off. The abundance of marine life here is stunning. Special feature of the dive is the plaque in honour of Richie, the dive guide that this dive site is named after.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 18-30 meters
Level: from Open water diver
When: Monday at 14:30.
Red Cross
From the anchor line we follow the sand to the drop off and enjoy diving along a colourful wall filled with small caves and crevices. This is the place to look for octopus and nudibranchs. A special feature of this dive site is the beautiful red coral that can be found quite shallow. As we dive deeper, we can have a look in a small cave where we can see some beautiful anemones. A truly amazing dive site!
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 30 meters
Level: Advanced
When: Tuesday at 14:30.
Black Beach
In just a few minutes the boat takes us to this wonderful dive site. As we enter the water, we dive down and follow a gradually descending sandy slope to check out some special rock formations where we will look for moray eels. The dive continues as we follow a beautiful lava reef all the way back to Playa Chica as a drift dive. During the dive you can encounter sea horses, octopus, cuttlefish, spider crabs and lots of different species of reef fish.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 18 meters
Level: from Open water diver
When: Thursday at 14:30.
Punta Tiñosa
This great dive site offers a spectacular reef which you can find just in 3 places around the world for its lava flow field formation. It can be enjoyed by both open water divers as well as advanced divers. After being dropped by the boat we follow the reef either at the top or slightly deeper depending on your level. The subtle drift takes us along this beautifully shaped lava reef so we can enjoy all the wonderful marine life that is on display. The boat follows us and picks us up at the end of the dive.
Type of dive: boat
Depth: 18-30 meters
Level: from Open water diver
When: Friday at 14:30.
Why diving with Safari Diving?
For over 40 years Safari Diving has been situated at the best location in Lanzarote, directly on the beach of Playa Chica in Puerto del Carmen. Just a few steps away from the must-see dive sites. We welcome divers from all dive organisations.
The location also makes Safari Diving the perfect place to learn diving. We offer PADI and BSAC diving courses.
Also we offer try dive programs for beginners as well as snorkeling.
Join us and discover the fascinating underwater world in Lanzarote!