El Hierro - Canaries June 2014

I've dived in El Hierro with SG about four times in the last ten years. Going back again in October this year.

Lovely diving, chilled out island

Highly recommended.

Saruman wrote: »

Wonder is Shane Gray associated with the Scubadive West Gray family. Same town listed.

Yes, Shane is Cillian and Breffni's father, and he started SDW.

Hi I'm from Gran Canaria.

La Restinga is amazing and has warmer water than Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The diving holiday is a easy life, tiny town and only boat dive. Dive site of all levels and laziness.

Shane Gray and his wife moved to live to Tenerife time ago. He regularly helps with transport, boats. El Hierro is an island with very little population, little tourist accommodations and environmentally orientated which means a small airport with very low air traffic because they want on this way.

La Gomera and La Palma have same dive site but nothing remarkable. Lanzarote has a similar type of diving.

In Fuerteventura worthy for Jandia, the same place were people practice windsurf and kitesurf.

Las Palmas and Tenerife has the typical diving directed for tourist besides the south resorts and from boats. It is ok but nothing like the other diving sites.

In Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)

The marine reserve, El Cabron, is great but with a challenging entry/exit point, el agujero. Once you know the technique is for all levels. I learnt to dive there. I mean most of my OW course was there.
Sardina is very popular, moreover at this time of the year, angel sharks annual party! it is an extremely easy dive site and very shallow comparing the general deeps.
Besides Sardina there is Caleta. I love it. But the entry and exit are incredible tough.
Gran Canaria has also same great wrecks, ships and airplanes, and of course an scenic dive called La Catedral. I think all the islands have a Catedral dive site

El Cabron is the only marine reverse that still open to everyone. The rest are restricted to scientifics. En El Hierro there is one at the north side, banned even for snorkers and even swimmers. El Archipielago Chinajo is protected but snorkel and free diving is permited in same sites. Las Islas Salvages only for scientifics.

When I began to dive in the late 90's, El Archipelago Chinajo and Las Islas Salvages have no restrinctions ... who could dive over there they still saying that are by far the very best places ... let's see what's go on with Marrocco digging petrol near them

locum-motion wrote: »

.... a nice shore dive by going in at the last set of steps on La Restinga pier.

That's right and it's a lovely night dive also. Thanks for adding it.

Tenerife island sites are missing also. I like Los Organos and there is a charming dive site that I can't remember the name. It has nothing special, it's simply a beautiful bathing place.

Thanks for that. I'll have a look at the vid when I'm not at work.

Did you travel with Shane?

If not, what did you do for travel from Tenerife Airport to La Restinga? Did you hire a car?

And where did you stay?

alwayssideways wrote: »

Just said I would update this thread for future reference.

The diving was excellent, loads of life, beautiful topography, swim through's etc.

The resort of La Restinga itself is a very quiet, relaxed fishing village.We dived with Centro de Buceo based in the centre of the town. Excellent facilities, would highly recommend.

A picture says a thousands words, a video says even more!

The next apartment block down the hill is the one that we've usually used.

Re the pool: Sure what do you want a pool for? You've got the sea just right there!