7 Mares

7 Mares operates a PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center a short walk from Las Canteras beach in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and is the only centre in the city offering PADI courses up to instructor level. Diving runs on a twice-daily schedule, with a morning and an afternoon boat or van trip pairing two consecutive dives, chosen day by day according to sea conditions and the group's experience.

Every trip includes transfer, guide, tanks, weights, and a snack afterward. First-time divers are commonly introduced to the sport at Tufia and around Sardina del Norte, and the centre's own site lists reef, wreck, and reserve sites reaching from the north coast to El Cabron and the Mogan wrecks in the south. Full equipment rental, nitrox fills, and a Sidemount Diver specialty round out the programme for certified divers. The shop keeps shorter hours on Saturday afternoons and stays closed on Sunday mornings, though dives still run when conditions allow.

7 Mares holds a 4.8 out of 5 average across 183 TripAdvisor reviews, placing fifth among forty boat tour and watersports operators in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Reviewers repeatedly credit named instructors for calm, patient handling of first-time and anxious divers, tailoring which sites to visit around the day's group and their experience level. One frequently cited account describes an instructor talking a nervous diver through a first descent until the anxiety gave way to enjoying the dive. Reviews from the pandemic era also praised visible hygiene precautions. The small share of lower ratings among the 183 reviews is not detailed in what is publicly visible.