Diving and snorkeling in Fuerteventura, PADI courses

A perfect place to practice diving, Fuerteventura offers the opportunity to enjoy the sea's most beautiful and varied, with mild temperatures, clear waters and a wide variety of marine species.

There are many advantages in Fuerteventura for scuba diving, clean water and the large amount of light gives good visibility to about 30 or 50 meters deep, a pleasant temperature of water that can hover between 17 º and 23 º at the hottest times of the year.

On the island there are a number of different backgrounds that can satisfy the tastes of any diver, sandy areas, volcanic areas, natural and other artificial reef created by sinking old ships.

Finally and most important is the wide variety of marine wildlife where you can enjoy the dives off the coast of Fuerteventura. There are a lot of protected areas and therefore there is a large marine life and numerous groups of species on the coast of the island of Fuerteventura.

You can go to any of the businesses on the island dedicated to diving, there are many scattered throughout the territory and have an international reputation in these centers have experienced professionals who can adapt to your every need, whether you want to learn and have their first contact with this sport, you can do one of the many courses offered in these centers and if a diver can have a beautiful dives or in some cases rent diving equipment.

Here is an example of the richness of fish that you can see in some of the dives with some of the centers of the island, the most common species of fishes may be in groups, Mero, salmonete, lagarto, morena negra, morena pintada,  rascacio, barriguda mora, barriguda, chucho, ratón, angelote, fula, cabrillas, gallo, vieja, seifía, sargo, mugarra, salema, sama zapata, herrera, bocinegro, galana, besugo, breca, boga, bicudas, atún sierra, medregal, and many more.

Some molluscs of what you can see on your dives, El Abanico, el cono, ostrón, cefalópodo bentónico, burgados, sepias and also you can see Gusano de fuego and el cangrejo araña

 

Article by Javier Nieves

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