72 boats from 4 ports, from €26.40 per person, 1 to 6 hours. 15 are private boats priced per boat; 10 carried a discount on 23 Sep 2026; 5 have no reviews yet. Filter by what you need, then sort by minutes to deep water, price, rating or reviews.
Start times10:30 · 11:30 · 12:30 · 13:30 · 14:30 · 15:30 · 16:30 · 17:30Languagesnot statedMeeting pointAt the entrance of Los Gigantes port, the office is on the right-hand side; the crew wears yellow T-shirts.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times11:00 · 13:00 · 15:00Languagesnot statedMeeting pointJust inside the entrance of Los Gigantes port, on the right; the crew wears yellow T-shirts.Not suitable forChildren under 2 years
Start times10:00 · 13:00LanguagesSpanish, English, FrenchMeeting pointPuerto deportivo Los Gigantes, Calle Poblado Marinero, 38683 Los Gigantes.Not suitable forPeople with mobility impairments, People with heart problems
Start times10:00 · 13:00LanguagesSpanish, English, FrenchMeeting pointCalle Poblado Marinero, pantalán 1, berth 152, Los Gigantes.Not suitable forWheelchair users, People with mobility impairments, Children under 3 years, People above 140 kg
Start times10:30 · 12:30 · 14:30LanguagesSpanish, English, French, German, ItalianMeeting pointIn the harbour, follow the blue line painted on the ground to excursion zone A and wait behind the big green fence.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start times10:00LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, SpanishMeeting pointPuerto de Los Cristianos, excursion zone A, 38650.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start times11:00 · 16:00LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, PolishMeeting pointBoarding gate: excursion zone A, right next to the beach in Los Cristianos harbour. Arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.Not suitable forPeople with motion sickness
Start times10:00 · 13:00 · 16:00LanguagesEnglish, French, German, SpanishMeeting pointWait at the top of the dock by the sign “Pantalán Nº 4”, 15 minutes before your time.Not suitable forPeople prone to seasickness
Start times17:00LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, ItalianMeeting pointFisherman’s wharf, excursion zone A — follow the blue line. Be at the port 30 minutes before departure; the gate closes 5 minutes before.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start times17:00LanguagesEnglishMeeting pointDock 6, Puerto Colón, Playa de las Américas. Public parking at the marina, about €1.20 per hour.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times10:00 · 13:00 · 16:00LanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointPantalán 9 in Puerto Colón — look for the red catamaran.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start times13:00LanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointBoarding gate: excursion zone A, right next to the beach in Los Cristianos harbour. Arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.Not suitable forPeople prone to seasickness
Start times12:00LanguagesSpanish, English, French, German, ItalianMeeting pointPuerto Colón, pier 14, next to the petrol station. Boarding starts 30 minutes before departure.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times10:30LanguagesSpanish, English, ItalianMeeting pointAt the gate of dock 5, the first jetty past the port parking barrier, ten minutes before departure.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times13:00LanguagesSpanish, EnglishMeeting pointDock 10 or 15 of Puerto Colón, Av. de Colón 11, 38660 Playa de las Américas.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times10:00LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish, Italian, FrenchMeeting pointThe meeting point varies with the option: the shared trips go direct to the pier; the partner page shows the exact point for each.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start times10:00 · 13:00 · 16:00LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, ItalianMeeting pointPantalán (dock) 0, Puerto Colón. Two car parks at the port, about €1 per hour. Arrive 15 minutes early.Not suitable fornot stated
Start timesnot statedLanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointThree meeting points; yours depends on the option you select on the partner page.Not suitable forWheelchair users
Start timesLanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointIn the harbour, in front of gate number 4, Av. de Colón 128.Not suitable forChildren under 16 years, Pregnant women, People with back problems, Wheelchair users, People over 350 lbs (159 kg), People prone to seasickness
Start times10:00 · 15:00 · 17:30LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, SpanishMeeting pointHotel pickup in the southNot suitable forPeople with mobility impairments, People with motion sickness
Start times10:00 · 15:30LanguagesItalian, English, SpanishMeeting pointPuerto Colón (pier after booking)Not suitable forBabies under 1 year, People over 70 years
Start times11:30 · 14:30LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, SpanishMeeting pointTenerife (exact point after booking)Not suitable forPeople over 95 years
Start timesnot statedLanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointTwo meeting points; yours depends on the option you select.Not suitable forWheelchair users, People with motion sickness
Start timesnot statedLanguagesItalian, Spanish, EnglishMeeting pointMarina del Sur, Las Galletas: control tower, second floor.Not suitable fornot stated
Start times09:00 · 11:00 · 13:00 · 15:00LanguagesSpanish, EnglishMeeting pointMarina del Sur, Las Galletas: control tower, second floor.Not suitable forChildren under 5 years, People over 287 lbs (130 kg), People prone to seasickness
Start times09:45 · 14:00LanguagesEnglishMeeting pointMarina del Sur, Las Galletas, pontoon 3 — about 10 minutes by taxi from Los Cristianos.Not suitable forNon-swimmers
Start times09:45 · 14:00LanguagesEnglish, SpanishMeeting pointMarina del Sur, Las Galletas, pontoon 3; a crew member waits there.Not suitable forPeople prone to seasickness, Babies under 1 year, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users, Children under 2 years
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10:30 · 11:30 · 12:30 · 13:30 · 14:30 · 15:30 · 16:30 · 17:30 · not stated · At the entrance of Los Gigantes port, the office is on the right-hand side; the crew wears yellow T-shirts.
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10:30 · 12:30 · 14:30 · Spanish, English, French, German, Italian · In the harbour, follow the blue line painted on the ground to excursion zone A and wait behind the big green fence.
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11:00 · 16:00 · English, Spanish, Polish · Boarding gate: excursion zone A, right next to the beach in Los Cristianos harbour. Arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.
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17:00 · English, Spanish, French, Italian · Fisherman’s wharf, excursion zone A — follow the blue line. Be at the port 30 minutes before departure; the gate closes 5 minutes before.
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13:00 · English, Spanish · Boarding gate: excursion zone A, right next to the beach in Los Cristianos harbour. Arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.
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10:00 · German, English, Spanish, Italian, French · The meeting point varies with the option: the shared trips go direct to the pier; the partner page shows the exact point for each.
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10:00 · 13:00 · 16:00 · English, Spanish, French, Italian · Pantalán (dock) 0, Puerto Colón. Two car parks at the port, about €1 per hour. Arrive 15 minutes early.
GetYourGuide lists kayak trips, a tourist submarine and the animal park under the same search. They are not whale watching boats, so we do not list them.
Methodology: every listing in the GetYourGuide “whale watching” family for Tenerife on 23 Sep 2026 — 72 products. Ratings, review counts and from-prices are copied as published; run time to deep water is a port-level estimate from operator descriptions, marked “operator data” only where an operator states it.
About this list · 23 Sep 2026
Whale Watching Tenerife Tours: The List Explained
The boats in this list, in numbers
72 boats are in this list. 54 sell seats by the person, from €26.40 to €129 (middle price €55.50); 15 are priced for the whole boat, from €300 to €935. 23 last up to two hours and 49 last three hours or more.
Of the 72, 44 include food, 59 stop for a swim or snorkel, 15 include hotel pickup, seven mention a toilet on board, three sail at sunset and two are adults-only. Together they have 90,153 reviews on GetYourGuide, with a review-weighted average of ★ 4.65. Five are too new to have reviews.
What the money buys
What the extra money buys in Tenerife: 17 trips cost up to €40 per person, typically for 2 hours, and one of them includes food and 14 a swim stop; 27 trips cost €40 to €70 per person, typically for 3 hours, and 24 of them include food and 21 a swim stop; ten trips cost over €70 per person, typically for 3 hours, and seven of them include food and eight a swim stop. The whales are the same on every boat — the price pays for time on the water, food, a smaller group and comfort.
The cheapest trip with a hundred reviews or more is Whale & Dolphin-Watching Cruise with Swim at €26.40 (★ 4.6 from 543 reviews). Per hour on the water, the best value among the established boats is Los Gigantes Whale-Watching Cruise with Lunch, about €11 an hour. Prices are from-prices checked on 23 Sep 2026; the calendar shows the price for your date.
The kinds of boat in the list
By kind of boat in the list: 28 motor boats (from €27.81 per person, typically 3 hours), 14 sailboats (from €55 per person, typically 3 hours), twelve motor yachts (from €40 per person, typically 3 hours), ten catamarans (from €28 per person, typically 3 hours), three speedboats (from €28 per person, typically 2 hours), two eco-yachts (from €29.90 per person, typically 90 minutes), one pirate boat (from €33 per person, typically 2 hours), one glass-bottom boat (from €33 per person, typically 2 hours) and one wooden boat (from €26.40 per person, typically 2 hours). The boat decides the ride more than the port: two hulls and the eco-yachts roll least, sailboats heel and go quiet under sail, speedboats are quickest and firmest. The boat-type guide explains each one.
How to use the table
Every row is one GetYourGuide listing, 72 in all. Sort by minutes to deep water, price, rating or number of reviews; tick a filter to keep only the boats with hotel pickup, food, a swim stop, a sunset departure, a private boat or a hundred reviews and more. The boats with a review page link to it; the rest link straight to the partner calendar.
A price marked per boat is for the whole boat; divide it by your group to compare with a seat price. Minutes to deep water come from the operators where they state them and are our estimate from the port otherwise. A dash means the listing does not say.
How we compare the boats
How we compare: every number here comes from the GetYourGuide listings as we read them on 23 Sep 2026 — price, duration, what is included, the rating and the number of reviews — and from public sources we name next to the figure. We rank by rating only among boats with a hundred reviews or more, because a ★ 5.0 from three reviews says little. Where a listing does not state something, we say so instead of guessing. We earn a commission on bookings; it is the same for every boat and does not decide the order.
Whale Watching Tenerife Tours FAQ
How many whale watching tours are there in Tenerife?+
72 on GetYourGuide on 23 Sep 2026, from 4 ports on the south-west coast: Costa Adeje (Puerto Colón), Los Cristianos, Las Galletas and Los Gigantes. 15 of them are private boats priced for the whole boat.
What is the cheapest whale watching tour in Tenerife?+
From €26.40 per person for a short trip; the most-reviewed trip, the 90-minute eco-yacht from Los Cristianos, costs €29.90 (★ 4.7 from 19,265 reviews). Prices checked 23 Sep 2026.
Which port should I choose?+
The one nearest your hotel, unless time with the whales matters most: Los Gigantes reaches deep water in about 18 minutes (operator data), the eastern ports in roughly 25–35 minutes (estimate).
Are the discounts real?+
We show a struck-out price only when the partner page showed one on the day we checked; 10 boats carried one on 23 Sep 2026. Prices change — the calendar shows today's price.
Can I cancel if the weather is bad?+
All 72 listings offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before; if the operator cancels for sea conditions, you are offered another date or a refund.
What do the "new, no reviews yet" boats mean?+
5 listings are new on GetYourGuide and have no reviews. We list them with their facts and no rating; if you want a track record, filter for 100+ reviews.
How long are whale watching tours in Tenerife?+
From 1 to 6 hours. The short trips go out, find the whales and come back; the three-hour trips add food and a swim stop; private charters run as long as you book.
Is hotel pickup included?+
On 15 listings, mostly from the south of the island. Filter by “Hotel pickup” above to see them.
