Arrecifal Centro de Buceo | Dive Center
C. la Orchilla, 30, 38917 La Restinga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, La Restinga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP
À Propos du Centre
Arrecifal Centro de Buceo, situé à La Restinga, El Hierro, propose des expériences de plongée immersives en Mer des Calmes. Certifié PADI et SSI, le centre offre des cours pour tous les niveaux, du Discover Scuba Diving à l'Instructor Development Course, incluant des spécialités telles que le Boat Diving et le Night Diving. Les plongeurs peuvent explorer plus de 20 sites de plongée, accessibles en 20 minutes de bateau maximum, bénéficiant d'une visibilité exceptionnelle allant jusqu'à 40 mètres et de paysages sous-marins volcaniques uniques.
Les installations d'Arrecifal comprennent des vestiaires, un magasin de plongée, la location d'équipement, des salles de cours pour la formation et des gonflages d'air (y compris le nitrox). Le centre dispose d'une flotte de bateaux idéale pour les excursions quotidiennes. L'équipe multilingue parle espagnol, anglais, français, allemand, italien, portugais, russe et ukrainien, assurant une communication fluide pour les clients internationaux.
Arrecifal Centro de Buceo s'engage dans la durabilité, reflétant l'esprit écologique d'El Hierro. La réserve marine protège une biodiversité exceptionnelle, enrichie par les éruptions volcaniques de 2011, créant un environnement sous-marin incomparable pour la plongée. Le centre est une référence pour son professionnalisme, sa sécurité et son dévouement, offrant non seulement des plongées mais aussi un soutien logistique à ses visiteurs.
Cours Disponibles
8 cursosPlongeur en eau libre
Cours de plongée sous-marine pour débutants. Apprenez les techniques fondamentales de la plongée en milieu naturel. Ce cours comprend de la théorie, des exercices en milieu protégé et des plongées en milieu naturel.
BAPTÊME
Cours de baptême dispensé par des instructeurs certifiés PADI.
AVANCÉ
Perfectionnez vos compétences en plongée avec des plongées d'aventure. Inclut la plongée profonde et la navigation sous-marine. Idéal pour enrichir votre expérience.
Nitrox
Cours de spécialité pour apprendre à plonger avec des mélanges d'air enrichi jusqu'à 40% d'oxygène, permettant d'augmenter les temps de fond et les marges de sécurité.
Plongée PROFONDE
Apprenez à plonger en toute sécurité entre 18 et 40 mètres de profondeur, en découvrant les limites de la plongée sans décompression et les techniques nécessaires pour explorer les profondeurs.
REACT RIGHT
Cours de premiers secours et de gestion des urgences pour agir en tant que premier intervenant lors d'une urgence médicale, incluant la RCP et l'administration d'oxygène.
DIVEMASTER
Qualification qui reconnaît les connaissances et la formation nécessaires pour assister les instructeurs et planifier et guider des plongées.
Stress & Rescue
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue course at Arrecifal runs four days and is consistently described by SSI instructors as the most demanding course in the recreational programme — technically, physically, and mentally. The course covers self-rescue, recognising and managing stress in other divers, emergency equipment handling, rescuing a panicked diver, and managing an unconscious diver in the water. None of this is theoretical comfort: it's practised repeatedly in scenarios until the responses become instinctive. The four-day duration reflects how much ground the course covers and how much repetition is built into the training. Stress and rescue skills degrade without practice, and the course is designed to install habits under pressure rather than knowledge for an exam. Arrecifal's instructors are the same multilingual certified professionals who guide recreational dives — they know the local conditions and can run scenarios that are grounded in what actually happens on El Hierro's dive sites. A prerequisite for certification is current first aid and CPR training, no older than two years at the point of card issuance. If you don't hold that certification, Arrecifal offers the React Right course (one day) which can be completed back-to-back with the Stress and Rescue programme. The two together run five days total and leave you with both certifications. Minimum age is 12 years. The Stress and Rescue certification is a prerequisite for the Divemaster programme, so divers heading toward a professional qualification will need it in any case. For recreational divers with no professional aspirations, the course changes how you dive — the awareness of your buddy, of group dynamics, of early signs of problems — in ways that make every dive after it more considered.
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What people ask before booking
No. The Bautismo (intro dive) is open to anyone from age 10 with no prior experience. It runs from the boat, includes about 20 minutes crossing the Mar de Las Calmas, and is fully supervised by an instructor throughout. Certified divers need a valid certification card, a completed medical questionnaire, and dive insurance — Arrecifal can arrange the insurance for you.
The Mar de Las Calmas Marine Reserve enforces a cap of 10 divers plus guides per site at any one time. Arrecifal keeps to this limit. All dives are guided by multilingual certified instructors — you are not dropped at the site and left to explore alone.
The centre operates in Spanish, English, French, and German. Reviews from guests confirm instruction and guiding in all four languages. The website is fully available in Spanish, English, French, and German.
Water temperature ranges from 17°C in winter to 24°C in summer. A 5mm suit covers the warmer months; a 7mm is recommended in winter. Arrecifal has both thicknesses in their rental fleet, along with thermal undersuits and hoods for the colder periods. Full rental equipment is available — wetsuits, BCDs, regulators, computers, tanks — all maintained to current standards.
Yes, and that's the point. After booking any SSI course, Arrecifal sends a personal link through SSI to your digital manual. You complete the theory at home, at your own pace, before travelling. Once in La Restinga, all your time goes to in-water sessions. The online theory access is included in the course price — nothing extra to buy.
Yes. La Restinga has one hotel; almost everything else is apartments, and the centre can guide you to options and make the reservation. For car rental they work with a local company — cars can be picked up at Valverde Airport or at the La Estaca ferry terminal. Accommodation fills fast in high season and on long weekends, so they recommend booking well in advance.
The Mar de Las Calmas reserve sits at the edge of a steeply dropping continental shelf, which draws oceanic species close to shore. Devil rays, hammerhead sharks, sea turtles, sunfish, dolphins, and occasional whales have all been documented in the area. None are guaranteed on any given dive, but the site's conservation status and low fishing pressure mean the encounters are genuine rather than managed.
Arrecifal operates year-round. The reserve is sheltered from the dominant trade winds, which keeps conditions diveable across all months. Visibility exceeds 40 metres for most of the year and is rarely below 20 metres. Water temperature is lowest in late winter (around 17°C) and peaks in late summer (around 24°C). Summer brings warmer water and longer days; winter brings slightly richer pelagic activity.
How to get there
C. la Orchilla, 30, 38917 La Restinga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, La Restinga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP