The numbers behind this page · 23 Sep 2026Whale Watching from Costa Adeje: The Numbers in Detail
Whale watching from Costa Adeje in numbers
36 boats sell whale watching trips from Costa Adeje. 26 sell seats by the person, from €26.40 to €129 (middle price €55); nine are priced for the whole boat, from €300 to €935. 27 last three hours or more and nine last up to two hours.
Of the 36, 25 include food, 31 stop for a swim or snorkel, seven include hotel pickup, one mentions a toilet on board, one sails at sunset and one is adults-only. Together they have 26,230 reviews on GetYourGuide, with a review-weighted average of ★ 4.59. Three are too new to have reviews.
What the money buys from Costa Adeje
What the extra money buys from Costa Adeje: five trips cost up to €40 per person, typically for 2 hours, and none of them include food and three a swim stop; 18 trips cost €40 to €70 per person, typically for 3 hours, and 16 of them include food and 16 a swim stop; three trips cost over €70 per person, typically for 3 hours, and three of them include food and three 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 best-rated boats from Costa Adeje
The best-rated boats from Costa Adeje with at least a hundred reviews: Puerto Colon: Dolphin and Whale Watching Speedboat Tour — ★ 4.9 from 134 reviews, 2–3 hours from Costa Adeje, €50, with speedboat cruise and snorkeling gear; Marine-Life Tour with Transfer, Buffet and Drinks — ★ 4.8 from 2,213 reviews, 3 hours from Costa Adeje, €63, with dolphin and whale-watching boat tour and snorkelling equipment; Sailboat Tour with Whale Watching, Food and Snorkeling — ★ 4.8 from 702 reviews, 3 hours from Costa Adeje, €60, with sailboat cruise and whale watching; Whale-Watching Catamaran Tour with Drinks — ★ 4.7 from 4,179 reviews, 2–3 hours from Costa Adeje, €35, with whale and dolphin watching cruise and free onboard drinks, including water, soft drinks, and beer.
At the other end, four established boats rate below ★ 4.5: Whale and Dolphin Cruise with Food and Pick-up (★ 4.2 from 1,788 reviews), Los Gigantes Whale-Watching Cruise with Lunch (★ 4.4 from 711 reviews) and Masca and Los Gigantes Whale-Watching Cruise (★ 4.4 from 413 reviews). We list them because they are bookable, not because we recommend them.
The kinds of boat from Costa Adeje
By kind of boat from Costa Adeje: 14 motor boats (from €30 per person, typically 3 hours), eight sailboats (from €55 per person, typically 3 hours), six catamarans (from €35 per person, typically 3 hours), four motor yachts (from €58 per person, typically 3 hours), two speedboats (from €50 per person, typically 2.5 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.
What recent reviews from Costa Adeje mention
We read the most recent reviews of each boat from Costa Adeje — 130 in all, written between 9 Oct 2020 and 23 Sep 2026, averaging ★ 4.9. 68 mention whales, 41 mention dolphins, 12 mention turtles, 75 mention the crew or the guide, 17 mention the food or drinks, 23 mention the swim, 3 mention seasickness and 3 mention waiting or a late start. Seasickness comes up in three of them — worth taking seriously if you are prone to it; the steadiest boats are the eco-yachts and the catamarans. This is a sample of the latest reviews, not the whole record; the rating next to each boat covers every review.
Which boat to book from Costa Adeje
Which boat to book from Costa Adeje, by what matters to you: if you want the shortest trip, Puerto Colon: Dolphin and Whale Watching Speedboat Tour (€50, ★ 4.9 from 134 reviews); if you want lunch on board, Marine-Life Tour with Transfer, Buffet and Drinks (€63, ★ 4.8 from 2,213 reviews); if you want the boat to yourselves, South Island Boat Trip and Sea Excursion (€350 per boat, ★ 5.0 from 29 reviews). Each pick is the best-rated boat that meets the condition, among those with enough reviews to trust the score.
Getting to Puerto Colón
Puerto Colón lies at 28°04′07″N 16°44′02″W. From Las Américas it is 2.6 km / 7 min by road; bus 467 serves it. From Puerto de la Cruz it is 67 km, about 62 minutes (bus 343). The run from here to deep water takes about 25 minutes (our estimate from operator descriptions).
How we compare these 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.
catamaran★ 4.65,795 reviews
