Dive Review of Scubarsur in
Spain/Canary Islands

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Scubarsur, Feb, 2003, by John Keith, Utah, USA . Report 787.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Scubasur was a good operation. They were on time, safety concious, and very helpful. The boats are Zodiacs, so don't expect luxury. We (me, wife and friend) dived a couple of sites on the Gran Canary. After our first dive, wife and friend bagged it, since there was lousy visibility and little to see even when visibility improved. I went on a second dive to a supposedly "good" dive site. Same story. Lanzarote may be OK, but forget Gran Canary for diving. We did drive around the island, which is pretty spectacular on the West side, and had some great food in Las Palmas. However, at the end of the trip, our rental car (a small Opel) was broken into and we lost passports, air tickets (Regional Air Lines from Morocco - don't ever bother), clothes, cameras, and computers. We were told later that this is really common (and in fact another car with the same problem pulled up behind us just as the police arrived). Police and people at the airport (airline and everything else) were especially unhelpful. Required a trip to Madrid for replacements. All in all, the trip from hell - with a couple of bright spots.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Cozumel, Cabo San Lucas, Turks and Caicos, CA, FL
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	21-23°C / 70-73°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	2-10 M / 7-33 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with group
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Scubarsur in Spain/Canary Islands

Scubarsur, Feb, 2003,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Scubarsur in
Spain/Canary Islands