There is exactly one submarine product in the catalogue: €74, ★4.6 from 191 reviews, thirty metres down off the south coast. It is a genuine submarine with forty-four seats, not a glass-bottomed boat. The catch is the timetable, and this page is mostly about that.
The product is sold as a seven-hour day and the submarine part of it is one hour. The rest is a 105-minute coach from Puerto de la Cruz or Las Caletillas to the Amarilla marina in the south, twenty-five minutes on to Playa de las Américas, about two hours free on the beach, and 105 minutes back. If you are already staying in the south, you are paying for a transfer you do not need — check the boarding options before booking.
One from each shape of day. The full table is below if you want to compare all of them side by side.
Best-rated of the 4 boat products in this table. ★4.7 from 18 890 reviews.
★4.7 from 5 427 reviews.
★4.9 from 2 241 reviews.
Ranked by whether a day spent on them is worth it, not by star rating alone — a high score from a handful of reviews is not a recommendation.
| Tour | Type | Hours | Rating | Reviews | Price | Verdict | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travelin’ Lady: Eco Yacht Whale & Dolphin Safari + Swim | Boat | 1.5 H | ★ 4.7 | 18 890 | €30 | WORTH IT | Book |
| Dolphin & Whale Watching Cruise with Swim Stop | Boat | 2 H | ★ 4.7 | 5 427 | €28 | WORTH IT | Book |
| Los Gigantes Whale Watching Cruise by Sailboat | Boat | 3 H | ★ 4.9 | 2 241 | €75 | WORTH IT | Book |
| Dolphin and Whale Watching Cruise by Speedboat | Boat | 2 H | ★ 4.7 | 1 383 | €28 | WORTH IT | Book |
| Snorkel at Radazul or Las Galletas instead | DIY | YOUR CALL | — | — | gear hire | DIY | Not sold here |
Figures checked against the sources named under the table.
| What | Figure | The detail behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | about 30 m | Roughly a hundred feet, off the south coast |
| Seats | 44 | With 22 large viewing ports |
| Time underwater | 1 hour | Of a seven-hour day |
| Departs from | Amarilla marina | The southern tip of the island |
| Transfer | Puerto de la Cruz, Las Caletillas | 105 minutes each way |
| Minimum age | 2 years | Younger children cannot board |
| Audio guide | 15 languages | Headsets provided |
| At the end | a dive certificate | Included in the price |
This is not a semi-submersible with a window in the hull. The vessel takes forty-four passengers down to about thirty metres, each with a viewing port, and hands out a dive certificate at the end. That is also why it is the only one on the island: there is no second operator.
Yes — one, at €74. It carries forty-four passengers to about thirty metres off the south coast and rates ★4.6 from 191 reviews. There is no second operator on the island.
About thirty metres — roughly a hundred feet. Each passenger has a viewing port, and a dive certificate is handed out at the end.
Seven hours door to door, of which one is underwater. The rest is a 105-minute coach each way from the northern pickup points, twenty-five minutes to Playa de las Américas and about two hours of free time there.
The Amarilla marina at the southern tip of Tenerife. The transfer included in the product collects from Puerto de la Cruz and Las Caletillas in the north.
From two years old, which is the operator’s rule. Whether a seven-hour day suits a toddler is a different question — the hour in the submarine is the easy part.
A real one. It submerges to about thirty metres with forty-four passengers and twenty-two viewing ports; it is not a surface vessel with a window in the hull.
Volcanic rock and sand at depth, shoals of fish, and whatever the day brings. Nobody guarantees a wreck or a turtle, and the operator does not claim to.
For the dive, yes — it is unusual and well rated. For the day, it depends where you are staying: from the north you spend three and a half hours on a coach, and from the south you should be looking for a boarding option that skips it.
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