Karapat Dive Gran Canaria

Karapat Dive Gran Canaria operates from a base in Telde, on the island's east coast, within easy reach of the El Cabron reserve and the shore sites at Tufia and Taliarte. The centre is SSI-affiliated and licensed as a Canary Islands "Turismo Activo" operator, running courses from a first try dive through Divemaster and Instructor level, alongside nitrox, marine ecology, and underwater photography specialties.

Diving here mixes easy shore entries with boat trips further out: Tufia and Taliarte for beginners and night dives, the El Cabron zone for certified reef diving, and boat routes to La Catedral's volcanic rock mass and wrecks including Pecio Arona and Cermona II. South-coast boat trips extend the programme to Baja de Pasito Blanco and the Arguineguin artificial reef for certified divers looking beyond the immediate Telde coastline. Multi-dive packages pair sites from the north and south coasts in a single trip. The Telde base includes a training pool and classroom, and the shop rents full equipment for divers who prefer to travel light.

Karapat holds a 4.9 out of 5 average across 440 TripAdvisor reviews, ranking third among forty boat tour and watersports operators in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Reviewers consistently single out named instructors for patient, one-on-one attention with first-time divers, careful safety briefings, and genuine enthusiasm about what turns up on even a beginner shore dive at Tufia: rays, angel sharks, octopuses, and the occasional turtle. Divers returning for certification courses describe the same instructors guiding them from a first breath underwater through to Open Water and beyond. The handful of lower ratings among the 440 reviews are not detailed in what is publicly visible, and no recurring complaint about scheduling or equipment turned up in the reviews read.