Imagínate: acabas de terminar una inmersión espectacular en Tenerife 🌊, has visto tortugas, bancos de barracudas y hasta un pecio escondido… y al día siguiente tienes un vuelo. ¿Es seguro? ¿Cuántas horas deberías esperar?
Esta es una de las preguntas clave para cualquier buceador, y hoy te lo contamos todo con datos técnicos y consejos prácticos.
Durante el buceo, nuestro cuerpo absorbe nitrógeno debido a la mayor presión. Al subir a la superficie, el nitrógeno se libera poco a poco a través de la respiración.
Si vuelas demasiado pronto, la menor presión en la cabina del avión puede provocar que el nitrógeno forme burbujas peligrosas en tu organismo, causando el temido mal de descompresión o «enfermedad del buceador».
👉 PADI y DAN Europe recomiendan tiempos de espera mínimos para evitar riesgos.
Los tiempos varían según el tipo de inmersión:
✔ Inmersión recreativa única sin descompresión: mínimo 12 horas antes de volar.
✔ Inmersiones sucesivas o múltiples: espera al menos 18 horas.
✔ Inmersiones con paradas de descompresión: se aconseja un mínimo de 24 horas, e incluso más, según lo indique tu ordenador de buceo o las tablas PADI.
💡 Dato técnico: La presión en cabina de un avión comercial suele estar equivalente a una altitud de entre 1.800 y 2.400 metros. Esto reduce la presión ambiente y aumenta el riesgo de formación de burbujas de gas residual.
Hoy en día, la mayoría de buceadores usan ordenadores de buceo que calculan en tiempo real el nitrógeno residual y te indican un tiempo de no vuelo recomendado.
👉 En nuestros cursos Open Water Diver y Advanced te enseñamos a interpretarlos y planificar tus inmersiones con seguridad.
💡 Tip: Si tu ordenador de buceo tiene función de planificador de vuelo, úsala para organizar tu itinerario de viaje.
En Deep Ocean Diver recomendamos usar ese margen de tiempo para disfrutar de otras actividades:
✔ Explora los paisajes de Tenerife y sus rutas de senderismo 🌋
✔ Haz snorkel o actividades de superficie sin riesgos
✔ Descansa y recupera energías en la playa
✔ Revisa tus fotos subacuáticas o planifica tu próxima inmersión
👉 Descubre nuestras zonas de buceo en Tenerife y planifica tu próximo día bajo el agua.
Cada buceador es diferente. El tiempo que debes esperar depende de:
➡ Número y tipo de inmersiones realizadas
➡ Profundidad máxima alcanzada
➡ Si se realizaron paradas de descompresión
➡ Tu nivel de hidratación (muy importante para eliminar el nitrógeno)
➡ Estado físico y nivel de cansancio
👉 Si buscas dominar estos aspectos, apúntate a un curso Rescue Diver o nuestras especialidades PADI.
¿Puedo volar el mismo día que buceo?
No. Espera mínimo 12 horas tras una inmersión recreativa sencilla.
¿Los vuelos cortos son menos riesgosos?
No. El riesgo no depende de la duración del vuelo, sino de la presión en cabina.
¿Es seguro hacer snorkel durante el tiempo de espera?
Sí, mientras no realices apneas profundas ni esfuerzos excesivos.
¿Qué pasa si vuelo antes de tiempo por una urgencia?
Consulta con un médico especializado en medicina hiperbárica antes de embarcar.
En Deep Ocean Diver nos tomamos tu seguridad muy en serio. En nuestras inmersiones guiadas y cursos te formamos para que planifiques cada detalle de tu experiencia subacuática y posterior vuelo.
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EXCELENTE A base de 167 reseñas Tom S11/06/2024Verificada Great Day of Diving We were pleasantly surprised with a second day in Tenerife during our cruise. This gave us the opportunity to experience the diving here. We were picked up at the cruise port and taken to the dive shop. The fitting and equipment were top notch. The dive sites were surprisingly close to the port. During the last dive we were rewarded when David found a seahorse, one of only a handful I've seen. The shipwreck was very nice, with good visibility, and great marine life all around. Sooo many garden eels. We had a great time on a beautiful day with friendly, professional dive staff. I would highly recommend Deep Ocean Diver if you are going to dive in Tenerife. Coastal1831506743713/05/2024Verificada Professional and fun guides We absolutely loved our boat dives with David. The underwater landscapes and marine life in this area is fun to watch. We'd definitely come back! Stephen Crome20/03/2024Verificada Awesome shop! I had an excellent shore dive today. Our guide was very professional and made sure we were safe at all times. He found all kinds of cool things including two octopus. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. JMs23/02/2024Verificada Perfect for families, great logistics 3 days trip with my 3 kids: fantastic experience. I particularly appreciated the logistics (very well managed including crisp communication from first contact), the expert guide and the whole installation (bus, dive center and nice comfortable boat) Philippe P10/10/2023Verificada Good Experience Friendly staff and nice dives. We were really pleased with our experience. Visibility was great and we saw many octopuses! Jas09/06/2023Verificada Amazing Amazing guys at the dive Center, had a reaaally amazing dive with Simon a day before, and really nice zodiac dives as well, thanks a lot!!! Jassin Andreea K15/07/2022Verificada Amazing Amazing experience! Victor and Laura were really professional, patient and helpful. Highly recommend. JOANNE M11/03/2022Verificada Absolutely top notch! We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids ages 10 and 12) that travelled to Tenerife in March 2022, and both our kids did their PADI open water course over a 4-day period. My husband and I both have our advanced open water certificates and have dealt with dive shops all around the world, and we can honestly say these guys (and gals!) are top notch!The kids spent most of their time with Victor as their instructor, and he was absolutely fantastic. So much enthusiasm, support, patience, encouragement and a genuine interest in making them succeed and love the sport, while also ensuring they demonstrated all the necessary knowledge and skills. This was such an amazing introduction to diving - I can't thank Victor enough. The kids were so happy and proud to have got their open water certificate but also very sad that they diving days with Victor were coming to an end. It's extremely rare (and special) that someone makes such an impression on them, so you should take that as a HUGE complement! They were extremely complementary of everyone they dealt with at the store (including the boat captain)- thanks to you all!! My kids don't speak Spanish but the instructors are fully bilingual and able to teach them in English. Thanks for such an amazing experience and creating what I expect will be a life-long love of diving! (They are already begging to do their advanced open water as soon as possible). My husband also did his nitrox course with Deep Ocean Diver as well, it also was great. I would highly recommend this place to others and will definitely dive with them again next time we are in Tenerife. Thanks for such a fabulous week! Adrian G29/12/2021Verificada perfect I went to Deep Ocean Diver to get the Open water training and it's been just perfect. The instructors were super professional and skilled, and at the same time so friendly and willing to make the training a fun and valuable moment. I even ended up doing the Advanced certification, and the whole team was so kind to arrange the schedule to fit with my availabilities.You can really feel that you're getting a good training and that it's not rushed, they really take the time for you to understand, practice and enjoy. And you got plenty of good advice from your instructors.five stars! Igor S09/05/2021Verificada Couldn't choose better The main reason I chose to come to Tenerife is because I wanted to get a PADI certification, therefore I looked for the best diving school in the area and organized my whole vacation around it.Well, I couldn't do better.The guys are great. Victor and Arnau were the best instructors I could ever ask for. It's not easy to make a proper training about something that is so serious and technical, and still keep it fun and never boring, but they have been amazingly up to the task. David, although he was never in the water with us, made me feel his presence by throughly planning my next steps on a daily basis, just what one would expect from a leader. 10/10 guys! Also Radazul is a perfect place to pick an accomodation, quiet, nice, not too expensive and pretty strategical to move across Tenerife. All in all, I really couldn't have made a better choice. :)
Centro Comercial, C. Juan Sebastián El Cano, 15, Planta 1 Local 2, Radazul
4,9 496 reviews
DIRECCIÓNCalle El Cano 15. Radazul Bajo.
CC Radazul. Planta 1. Locales 1 y 2
38109 El Rosario Tenerife Islas Canarias PARKING GRATUITO CLIENTES
CONTACTO info@deepoceandiver.es
(+34) 600 84 16 92
HORARIO TIENDA De Lunes a Viernes de 9:30h a 14:30h
HORARIO CENTRO DE BUCEO De Martes a Domingos: De 9:30h a 17:30h
De 14:30h a 15:30h Cerramos para Comer
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