Training Lanzarote Style.

Accelerate your training program with one of the best dive facilities on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands. WASAC has teamed up with Calipso Diving at Teguise on the Eastern side of the island to provide training programmes to suit divers wishing to progress from (and including) ocean diver to sports diver and/or sports diver to dive leader.
We aim to provide training in the crystal clear and relatively warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean at the diving resort of Teguise based at Calipso Diving . Calipso Diving Lanzarote is a BSAC Centre of Excellence No. 146, a PADI Resort Centre S-9645 and an SSI. School. Our primary aim will be to provide all the open water (and, if required, classroom) training facilities and the opportunity to qualify for BSAC Sports Diver and Dive leader grades.
Mark Thomas (Llwchwr Sub Aqua Club), lead instructor, will organize the training to suit all trainee divers according to their needs. Over a 6 diving period he will provide the necessary classroom and open-water training to qualify Ocean divers and Sports Divers, and depending upon demand it’s possible to fit in Dive Leader training as well! At the same time we’ll organize some fun diving in the bargain. The cost of a whole package (this is a close approximation, final costing will depend upon numbers – the more we are the better the cost) will be in the region of £475.00 to include flights, 8 dive package, training and accommodation (2 persons sharing a 1 bed apartment). The event can support a maximum of 18 diver/trainees, and places will be on a first come first serve basis. Proposed dates: Sunday 9th November to Sunday 16th November 2008.

Watch this space for updates and further information.

Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km², it stands as the fourth largest of the islands. Diving gives you the opportunity to explore the under water topography in crystal clear Atlantic waters together with a tropical climate. Look just below the surface and see the abundance of marine life, with over 500 different species of fish amongst wrecks, and volcanic caves, in this unique aquatic environment. Divers will find a variety of different sites including an area designated as an underwater conservation park, that has no less than seven interesting wrecks and visibility of 30mtrs plus! Calipso Diving provides all the logistics of transport, Instructor guides and kit hire, and there is opportunity to do beach, boat and night dives.