Scuba diving near Arguineguín: dive sites, centre, prices and conditions

By Terje Moy, editor · Published 25 October 2026

The dive centre in Arguineguín, Scuba Sur, takes small groups by boat from the Anfi marina to reefs and wrecks 12 to 33 metres deep, and a single boat dive costs €50 before equipment. The water runs from about 19 °C in late winter to about 24 °C in autumn, so you can dive all year.

You can dive from Arguineguín every day of the year. The local dive centre, Scuba Sur, runs boat dives from the Anfi marina, a short walk from its office, to a string of reefs and wrecks along the coast between Pasito Blanco and Puerto de Mogán. A single boat dive costs €50 before equipment, intro dives for people who have never dived are €79 from the beach or €99 from the boat, and the water stays between about 19 °C and 24 °C all year.

One thing to get straight at the start: the famous marine reserve of El Cabrón is at Arinaga on the east coast, roughly 30 km away as the crow flies. It is not a local dive site. The south-west coast has its own, quieter list, and that is what this page covers.

Where you dive from: the Anfi marina

Scuba Sur's boat, the Yolo-II, is moored in the Anfi marina at Anfi del Mar, between Arguineguín and Puerto Rico, and carries up to 10 divers. You register at the office, kit up, are given a locked box for your belongings and walk to the boat. The centre says it has about 30 documented sites within 30 minutes of the marina, and its teaching groups are limited to two students per instructor.

The marina itself is small (80 berths, according to Mogán's tourism site) and has a diving service among its facilities. If you are staying in Arguineguín, the walk to Anfi is part of the coastal walk to Patalavaca and Anfi, and the passenger boats between the two harbours are covered in the guide to boats from Arguineguín.

The boat-dive routine

Scuba Sur's published pattern is simple:

• Morning, certified divers only: leave the marina at 09:00 for a double dive with a surface interval of 45 to 60 minutes, back around 12:30 to 13:00.
• Afternoon, mixed group: certified divers, intro divers and snorkellers go together at 14:00 for shallow dives close to shore, back around 16:00.
• Night dives: on request.

Every boat dive follows the same limits: a maximum of 50 minutes, ending the dive at 50 bar of gas remaining, and no decompression dives, whichever limit comes first. Treat the times as the pattern, not a promise; the centre adapts to weather and numbers, and it does not take online bookings for dives starting within a couple of days, so message or call for short-notice slots.

The dive sites, with depths

These are the sites Scuba Sur regularly visits, with the depths and level the centre gives. Conditions change the day, so the skipper decides on the day.

A rival centre, Davy Jones Diving, gives slightly different depths for some of the same places (14–16 m for Arguineguín Reef, a Pasito Blanco reef about 2 km offshore with a maximum of 19 m). Differences of a couple of metres between operators are normal; go by your dive briefing.

What you will see

This coast is volcanic rock, sand and patches of seagrass rather than coral. Scuba Sur lists angel sharks, stingrays, barracuda, moray eels, octopus, cuttlefish and trumpetfish as regular sightings, and the EU-protected marine strip off Mogán is also home to loggerhead and green turtles, seahorses and shoals of salema and parrotfish. Wrecks and artificial reefs attract schools of fish; the reefs are where you find the morays and octopus. Visibility varies from day to day. Take a torch for the cracks and crevices.

Prices at Scuba Sur (2026 price list)

The centre's own list, checked in October 2026, gives these prices. Boat dives are quoted without equipment, so add hire if you need it.

Resort activity lists, such as the Anfi catalogue for its guests, may show different figures for the same activity, so ask which price applies when you book.

Never dived? Intro dives, courses and snorkelling

An intro dive needs no licence and no theory. It takes about two hours, with roughly 25 minutes underwater and one instructor to one participant. From Anfi beach the minimum age is 8 (down to 3 m for 8 and 9 year olds, 6 m from age 10); the boat version, on the house reef at about 10 m, starts at 12.

The centre teaches both SSI and PADI courses. If you only want to look, the boat snorkelling trip leaves in the early afternoon with a guide in the water and all the gear provided. For snorkelling you can do on your own from the shore, see snorkelling around Arguineguín.

Rules, age limits and insurance

According to Scuba Sur's summary of the Spanish royal decree of 1 July 2020, the minimum age for recreational diving is 18, though training and excursions can be offered from 8, with depth limits of 6 m for ages 8–9, 12 m for 10–11, 21 m for 12–15 and 40 m for 16–17. Every diver must carry a dive computer, a cutting tool, a surface marker buoy and an audible signal, and the centre supplies whatever is missing. A medical sign-off is needed only if you have a known condition or cannot answer no to the standard questionnaire. The decree is official; check the current text if your plans depend on a detail.

The GHIC and EHIC cover state healthcare only, not private clinics, repatriation or most sea rescue, so a diving-specific policy is worth having; travel insurance, GHIC and EHIC explains what each covers. In an emergency, call 112.

Sea temperature and the best time to dive

There is no official buoy series for Arguineguín; the monthly figures below come from a secondary source covering southern Gran Canaria. Expect roughly 19 °C in February and March, 20 to 21 °C in May and December, about 22 °C in July and a peak of 23 to 24 °C from September to October. Scuba Sur itself gives 19 to 24 °C for the year.

The south coast sits in the lee of the island's mountains and is usually calmer than the north, which helps boat diving. Most visitors wear a wetsuit; hire is available at the centre. The warmest water and gentlest conditions are in autumn, but winter diving is good, too. For the wider climate picture, see weather and climate month by month.

Other options: the east coast and a day on the water

If the El Cabrón reserve is your goal, Davy Jones Diving is based there and says it is about 40 minutes from Puerto Rico. Expect a car or taxi journey of well over half an hour each way. Closer to home, Mogán's tourism site marks diving zones off Anfi, Tauro, Playa del Cura and Taurito. Puerto Rico's two marinas also list diving services. For more boat-based outings, see dolphin and whale watching, catamaran trips and fishing trips, or the rest of the water sports on offer.