Gran Canaria Tell Me All!!

[daveking]

I am off to live in Gran Canaria for a while and am a keen freediver. Tell me all you can about freediving in Gran Canaria please!!
How deep is the water/how sheltered is it/What are the currents like/viz/temperature and active spearos and freedivers???
Please help as I will try and start a club there if there isnt one.
All help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

 

[island_sands]

I am off to live in Gran Canaria for a while and am a keen freediver. Tell me all you can about freediving in Gran Canaria please!!
How deep is the water/how sheltered is it/What are the currents like/viz/temperature and active spearos and freedivers???
Please help as I will try and start a club there if there isnt one.
All help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

jeez you get around dave? how was kuwait?

there is a guy posting from canary islands down in the scuba area ... maybe he knows some apnea clubs.

cheers and good luck
island_sands

 

[daveking]

Island Sands!
Good to hear from you.How are things?
I am still in Kuwait - never to return. Bad place, bad experiences with work, some good sailing and average diving.No freediving here...
I leave in June and then a new job in the canaries.
Thanks for the help. I will let you know how things go...

 

[samdive]

canaries? thought you were off to Japan!!! keep us posted...

s

 

[daveking]

Samdive,
Well, it seemed like a giggle. Good job, nice place ,close to home (ish) and great climate and diving. So I now have a 2 year contract on Gran Canaria.
SaltFree subsidiary in Gran Canaria anyone??? Winter training?...
I shall definitely get things going with regards to the freediving there and hope to teach scuba now and again too.
See you in about 5 weeks!

 

[Rémi]

SaltFree subsidiary in Gran Canaria anyone??? Winter training?...

Is Easyjet flying to Gran Canaria?

Nice to see you'll be back in the water Dave.

 

[daveking]

Remi,

I hope there is an easyjet flight there as I won't be able to afford much more!!
Hope you can make it over there at some point!
Will see you all again in about 5 weeks (Woo ha!)

Take care mate.
dave

 

[samdive]

nice one day, easy jet or not we will be there...

see you soon!!! the lake is a balmy 12C now...

sam