A first scuba dive from the beach in Puerto del Carmen

There is no boat on this one. You meet the instructors at Playa Chica, the small beach at the western end of Puerto del Carmen where GetYourGuide's map puts the meeting point, and the first part of the morning happens on the sand: a short, friendly briefing on how the kit works, how to breathe through a regulator and the hand signals you will use under water. Then you put on the wetsuit and the tank and walk into the sea from the beach. The listing promises no boat, no seasickness and a gentle entry, and the operator's own booking page describes practice in the shallows first, where you get used to the equipment and the feel of breathing under water before you go any further.

The rule that sets this dive apart is the ratio. The listing says strictly one instructor for every two participants, and that larger groups get more instructors rather than a busier one. The listing says your instructor guides you hand in hand at all times. The operator's own booking page sets the maximum depth for this first dive at 6 metres, which is deep enough for the weightless feeling, the shoals of fish and the volcanic rock the listing describes, and shallow enough to come up quickly if your ears protest. GetYourGuide sells it as 2 to 2.5 hours from start to finish; the operator says about 2.

Everything is included: the full kit and wetsuit, dive insurance and the instructor, and the operator says photos and videos of your dive come free on WhatsApp, which is what the listing's title means by free videos. The centre charges 30 euros only if you want them sent another way. The operator says it has 18 years of experience behind it, and its own site presents it as a PADI five-star dive centre, with instructors qualified with PADI, SSI and BSAC, teaching in Spanish and English. Its base is in Playa Honda, near the airport, and its site shows a licence number from the Canary Islands government's fisheries department.

If the first dive goes well, the centre sells the next steps itself: a second, deeper try dive, PADI courses, and a beginners' dive among the sculptures of the Museo Atlántico off Playa Blanca.

On GetYourGuide on 26 October 2026, this dive was rated 5.0 from about 450 reviews, from 75 euros, with guides scored 5.0 and value 4.9 out of 5. Its closest rival, 'Lanzarote: Small-Group Beginner Dive, Free Photos and Videos', starts from the same beach on GetYourGuide's map, is also rated 5.0, from about 410 reviews, and costs from 74.40 euros for 2.5 hours, so there is little between them on paper. We would book this one for its written promise of no more than two beginners per instructor. 'Lanzarote: Try Scuba Diving, 2 Dives Experience' from Costa Teguise is the one for guests in the north-east who want hotel pickup and two dives: 4.9 from about 70 reviews, from 140 euros, for 4 hours. A try dive at the Museo Atlántico sold on GetYourGuide costs from 185 euros, with only 9 reviews that day.

You can also book Barracuda direct. Its price list gives 80 euros for this one-dive try, and its online booking calendar 70, so GetYourGuide's 75 sits between the two, with free cancellation. Book direct if you want PADI's Discover Scuba Diving, with a second dive to 12 metres, at 120 to 130 euros, or the Museo Atlántico try dive at 150 to 170 euros. For a look under the sea with no diving at all, our page on the real submarine from Puerto Calero takes families with younger children to about 30 metres, staying dry, from 65 euros; the Papagayo kayak trip includes a snorkel in the coves, from 45 euros.