Monthly Archives: January 2013

Gran Canaria – Days 5 and 6

On Day 5 we headed to Las Palmas to dive the Arona which sank following an engine fire in 1972. We followed this up with a trip to a beautiful cavern system called the Cathedral. For our final day we

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Gran Canaria – Day 4

Today the wind completely disappeared. Some of us headed to Sardina on the North side of the island while others took a day off and visit Las Palmas The visibility in the North was excellent with large numbers of schooling

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Gran Canaria – Day 3

Day three saw Ben complete his open water training while we visited some shallow wrecks surrounded by shoals of roncadores, followed by a gentle drift dive on which we saw a couple of beautiful sting-rays, an octopus out in the

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Gran Canaria – Day 2

Today was windy so it was too rough for some of the shore-diving options. We found a sheltered access location for the two-caves site and braved a bit of swell to see spider crabs, slipper lobsters, a lot of fish

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Gran Canaria – Day 1

Day 1 of Gran Canaria. The weather was a sunny 19 degrees in and out of the water. We’ve enjoyed two beautiful dives in the El Cabron marine reserve. Barracuda, Canarian lobsterettes, slipper lobsters, cuttlefish, octopodes, roncadores, pipefish, trumpet fish,

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