Dive trip Ibiza

Stay, Diving holidays in Spain, Balearic Islands, in Ibiza

Diving in Ibiza? It's a strange idea for anyone coming to parties in the Balearic Islands, with the best DJs in the world! This Spanish island belonging to the Balearic archipelago in the Mediterranean is located a short ferry ride from Valencia and Barcelona. The diving spots here are interesting, with landscapes of cliffs plunging under the crystal clear water and extending into drop-offs dotted with yellow, red, and orange gorgonians. Shoals rise from the depths to the sea surface, attracting barracuda and dentex. Shipwrecks, such as the Don Pedro, or science fiction superstructures, such as the Plataforma, will amaze you. Brown meagre, white seabream, and Salema roam the Posidonia meadows, finding their food there.

Moreover, if you go on a diving holiday in Ibiza, you will notice that, unlike the yachtsmen, the local diving centers are very concerned about preserving the Posidonia (Posidonia oceanica). These are the best preserved in the Mediterranean and are even listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. To respect the environment, pilots are very careful when anchoring their boats so as not to tear up these flowering aquatic plants with their anchors. Thanks to these Posidonia fields, the waters are crystal clear and the visibility excellent up to 30 meters. We give "very good" ratings to three dive sites in Ibiza that are out of the ordinary.

The Don Pedro wreck is one of the largest wrecks in Europe. It lies on the sand, tilted to port, with its bow facing northeast, not far from the port of Ibiza. The Mariana platform is located on the Formentera side, to the west of Espardell. This artificial reef is one of the most popular dives in the area, with a great concentration of fish and a sci-fi landscape that attracts underwater photographers. Also known as the Little Dado, Dado Pequeño is a sharp rock, allowing for a Fauna dive to 35m. You will probably come here as a second dive, after visiting the Don Pedro wreck or the Plataforma. In fact, Dado Pequeño is part of a succession of underwater hills, varying from 20 to 30 meters in depth.

Take advantage of your holiday in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, to put on fins, masks, and snorkel, especially from May to November. You can also take a scuba tank to explore, as this is also a way to get to know this beautiful island better. Ibiza is especially the ideal place to do a Discover Scuba Diver, to improve your skills by passing a Scuba Diver or specialties such as Wreck Diver, Night Diver, Cave Diver. It's the story of expanding your range of new experiences...

Marine species in the area

Dive sites

Dive sites are spread around the 40 km long island of Ibiza, as well as around the islands of Es Vedra, Conejera and Bledas. Jump into the water at Lladó, south of the rocky islet. You arrive on a platform at a depth of 12 metres and then the rock face drops to 20 metres and then 37 metres. The foundations of the northern islet of Lladó are very irregular, with crevices where octopuses and moray eels shelter. In the cracks around the islet La Esponja, look out for sea cicadas and scorpionfish. Protected from the prevailing wind, the islet of Malvin Nord is an ideal spot for beginners to dive or for night dives among the white seabream.

Go through a small tunnel at a depth of 10 metres, at the foot of the small island of Malvin Sud, where you can observe meagre fish. The badger groupers are in the middle of the rocks, between 15 and 32 metres. The huge Bajo de la Esponja rock, rising from 32 to 12 metres below the surface, is 150 metres from Isla Esponja. Explore it by making a spiral ascent around it. At La Catedral, a cave opens up at a depth of 12 metres. Enter a large room followed by a small corridor leading to a second smaller room, which local divers call the Chapel. Air pockets stuck to the rocky ceiling allow you to breathe, as instructed by local guides. Take time to admire the beautiful light effects and the luminous halo of the opening, which is never out of sight.

Near Llosa Santa Eulalia, Faro is a huge shoal allowing initiation dives between 2 and 10 metres deep, on a large platform. Look for the old beacon that sank at 12 metres! For experienced divers, a drop off with schools of saddled seabream and damselfish drops to 32 metres on the sand. The dive spots on the island of Es Vedrá, which is a marine reserve, are very popular. To the west and off this island, La Bota is also a rocky shoal that is flush with the surface and is said to be a real hazard to navigation! Explore it by circling around, to see everything. To the east of Es Vedrá, the islet of Es Vedranell is popular with connoisseurs for its narrow, high-walled canyons, Los Cañones.

Their walls start at 26 metres and go up to a depth of 10 metres. They are covered with yellow encrusting anemones. The brown moray (Gymnothorax unicolor) nests here. To the north of the island of Es Vedrá is the islet La Galera, whose wall is a nice drop-off facing north/south covered with orange sponges and purple ascidians. Here you can see beautiful pink flabellina. Also at Es Vedrá Island, explore La Aguja, this huge shoal, which rises from 34 to 6 metres below the surface. Watch the blue for marauding barracudas. Then, at the end of the dive, in a shallow area, go through a small cave from which you come out... on the surface!

Photographers, take advantage of being at El Arco to immortalise 2 beautiful arches of different sizes at 14 and 7 metres depth, discernible in the middle of boulders. On the bottom, red mullets are searching the sediments with their barbels to feed. This area is also ideal for beginners. At Punta Prima, walk along with a drop off to 28 metres and then look for lobster antennae in the rocks. Rays are half-buried in the sand. In Formentera, enter caves at Cuevas de Punta Rasa. The first cave starts at a depth of 12 metres. Your walk takes you through a rocky corridor whose walls, illuminated by dive lights, are lit up with clusters of shrimp (Stenopus spinosus).

Your underwater route is fun at Es Banc. Pass through a small cave, well lit by the light filtering through the crevices of the vault. Then enter through a narrow opening in the middle of the rock, allowing only one diver to pass through at a time. You reach a chimney rising from 13 to 9 metres. At Punta Gavina, you begin your journey on a rocky platform at 9 metres. The cliff is pierced by a small cave where sometimes a forkbeard is visible. Between the months of February and June, local divers have even seen St. Peter's fish there.

Cala Olivera is popular with tourists for its clear water and white sand. At the exit, when you head towards the tip of S'Estanyol, you will find Arcos de Cala Olivera. Hover over a rocky platform topped by small arches, at a depth of 15 metres. Bajo de Cap Llentrisca is the shoal that starts at 42 metres on white sand and culminates at 12 metres below the surface, near Cap Llentrisca. Admire the volumes of the rocks cut into the extraordinary crystal clear water. In front of Es Figueral beach, the Llosa de Es Figueral rock is surrounded by boulders up to 38 metres high, home to a wealth of life.

Located between Tagomago and Cala San Vincente, Seca Es Figueral is a shoal that lies one metre below the surface of the sea. As the waves break over it, the centres only go there in calm weather. Access to the site is closed to diving for the time being. At Isla Tagomago, you can choose between several routes. At the northern tip of the island, the Anchor marks the spot where two large anchors are concreted into the sediment. On the eastern side of the island, four huge shoals resembling mountain ranges are traversed by sea bass. At Rocas Cala Mastella, experienced divers descend into the blue to a depth of 24 metres to find the top of two huge sugarloaf-shaped rocks rising from 43 metres. Look for rays in the sand.

Between Isla Eulalia and Isla Redona, two lighthouses were built on a shoal in the open water. These were destroyed by the sea and storms. Their remains are scattered on the seabed between 6 and 15 metres. There are 3 routes to follow between 5 and 30 metres. In the direction of Cala Llonga, a cave called the Blue Cave opens up at a depth of 7 metres in the middle of the cliff, at the entrance to the bay of Cala Pada. The opening is wide enough to allow several divers to enter at once. Then, you go through a narrow tunnel to reach the main room of the cave. At the entrance, you can see stalactites and stone arches. In this corner, cormorants fish in the small fry by diving into the water.

Ibiza is a perfect place to come with friends and family to start and improve your diving skills. Those who enjoy cave and shallow water diving should take advantage of the fact that the dive centres are open from April to October, with the best time to visit is from 15 June to 15 September.