Electricity

Voltage: 220 V / Frequency: 50 Hz

Note – Type L plugs/outlets may have different pin spacing. The smaller and closer pins are for a rated current of 10 A, the bigger and wider pins are for a rated current of 16 A.

LPG / Gas

The nub is the name of the most commonly-used domestic gas in the Canaries. In Gran Canaria, some propane bottles can be re-filled with propane (see below), however, in the rest of the islands only butane is available so propane & butane bottles will be re-filled with butane.

The following range of bottles can be filled in the Canaries.

Bringing a kit of adaptors with you will unfortunately not help; bottles in the Canaries have to be filled directly from the plant’s authorized taps.

• All Spanish bottles;
• Calor Gas bottles with a blue butane or orange propane fitting;
• A number of US and Scandinavian bottles with a left-hand feminine fitting;
• French Jumbo bottles;
• Any other bottle that coincides with the Spanish fittings.

Note: 

• Some Calor propane bottles have an escape valve that is slightly raised. This creates a problem since the filling head cannot fit over it.
• Also some black, plastic American bottles, with a central slightly interior valve, cannot be filled.
• Where a safety date stamp shows, this cannot have expired or it won’t be filled.
• Payment by cash only
• Camping Gaz canisters can be exchanged at the local fuel station.

The filling is done in Lanzarote at the Arrecife DISA plant (ask in marinas for the availability of delivery service) from 9 am – 3 pm weekdays.

In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria filling is done at the DISA Salinetas plant from 9 am – 11 am weekdays. Maximum 2 bottles per person. Most propane bottles/tanks can be filled here. Cruisers have, however, had mixed experiences here (see report) and the number of bottles permitted, and types of valves seem to vary depending on who serves you on the day. For directions see DISA.

Note: In 2014 the DISA plants on Lanzarote or Fuerteventura could NOT refill 3.9Kg Calor gas bottles. It appears this situation has not changed.

Fuel

Fuel berths at:-

• El Hierro: La Restingua
• Fuerteventura: Caleta de Fustes, Morro Jable and Puerto Rosario.
• Gran Canaria: Las Palmas, Pasito Blanco, Puerto Rico and Puerto de Mogan.
• La Gomera: Playa Santiago, San Sebastian and Vueltas (Valle Gran Rey).
• La Graciosa: Caleta del Sebo.
• La Palma: Santa Cruz and Tazacorte.
• Lanzarote: Arrecife, Marina Rubicon and Puerto Calero.
• Tenerife: Candelaria, Las Galletas, Los Cristianos, Los Gigantes, Puerto Colon, Radazul, San Miguel and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Water

Water is available at all ports, but not always showers.

Navigation Hazards

The WACS cable lands in the Bay of Salinetas, about 9 nautical miles south of the port of Las Palmas, and 0.3 km south of the Port of Taliarte, on Grand Canary Island. Mariners are asked to keep anchors at least one mile away. See this report for more details.

Finding a Berth in the Canaries

For some useful guidelines re. Government-run ports see this report – https://nsocl.wccstaging.com/news/canary-islands-how-to-book-a-berth-in-government-harbors/ (December 2020)

Main points to remember are:

• Avoid “reservation/booking platforms”. These are not updated and will probably result in failure to get a berth where you want.
• Wherever possible, contact the marina authorities directly by phone to secure a berth. This is easy with private marinas, but a little more complicated with public-run ones.
• In public-run marinas harbor officials only work from Monday to Friday, 0800 to 1500. Make contact during these hours and you likely will be successful in getting a berth. Out of these hours public-run marinas are managed by security staff, very helpful with berthing but not able to assist with reservations.
• Fifteen ports throughout the islands are run by the government (Puerto Canarios). There is now a new app for pre-booking berths in these ports, however the system to deal with bookings via the app and online system is limited and often results in little assurance that a berth is actually available. Visiting these ports can be rather like a lottery, but turning up un-announced does risk being turned away (indeed there have been reports from boats arriving in Graciosa without reservations being told to leave). See the website www.puertoscanarios.es, for details of all ports and where you can also download the app. It’s also possible to book online via the website. Whichever way you pre-book, it is always recommended to call the port prior to arrival to double-check your booking has been succesful.
• In all of the Puertos Canarios, charges are for the day and not the night, (so on the invoice it may look like an extra day is billed, if people are used to being charged by the night).

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