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Spain truly does have it all, from the implausible countryside and beaches to world-famous cuisine and affluent history – not to cite amazing museums and outstanding architecture. The country brims with Moorish, Romanesque and Gothic architecture in addition to daring cultural elements like bullfighting and botellon street parties, an ingredient of why so many tourists continue to pick Spain for their holidays or as a place of habitation. Other plus sides of a trip to Spain include the sunny Mediterranean climate and tasty foods like paella. Regardless of your motivations to travel, Spain stands out as an alluring destination.
Diving in Spain
Spanish waters are filled with history, hiding buried shipwrecks and collapsed aeroplanes. Get the opportunity to know it. You’ll understand that these waters are thrilling and energetic, offering implausible cave dives, vast colours in huge gorgonian gardens and floors packed with bright green Posidonia seagrass. Almost bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Cantabrian Sea, there are many choices offered to scuba divers visiting the shores of Spain and the Canary Islands. With its blend of warm and cold waters, the pure diversity of marine life is unparalleled. In addition, Spain has quite a large number of marine reserves which are situated around the Canary Islands.
Dive regions in Spain (8)
Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas Marine Reserve
A marine reserve off Cabo de Palos (Murcia), established in 1995 around a submerged rocky ridge extending from the cape to the Islas Hormigas islets, rated among the top dive destinations in Europe.
Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park
Spain's largest national park, covering the entire 11-island Cabrera archipelago south of Mallorca, with strictly licensed, day-only diving in one of the best-preserved coastal environments in the Mediterranean.
El Cabrón Marine Reserve
A shore-diving marine reserve on Gran Canaria's south-east coast near Arinaga, one of only three official marine reserves in the Canary Islands and the island's principal dive destination.
El Hierro - Mar de las Calmas Marine Reserve
A state-and-regional marine reserve off the sheltered south coast of El Hierro, centred on the fishing village of La Restinga, prized for volcanic seascapes, high visibility, and around 40 dive sites.
Es Freus Marine Reserve (Ibiza-Formentera)
A marine reserve covering the strait and surrounding waters between Ibiza and Formentera, created in 1999 to protect one of the largest Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean, part of a UNESCO World…
Lanzarote South Coast - Museo Atlántico
A dive area in the bay of Las Coloradas, Playa Blanca, within Lanzarote's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, built around Museo Atlántico, Europe's first underwater sculpture museum and artificial reef by Jason deCaires Taylor.
Medes Islands Marine Reserve
A small archipelago of seven islets off L'Estartit on the Costa Brava, protected since 1983 and one of the most studied and dived marine reserves in the western Mediterranean.
Tenerife Coastal Dive Area
The volcanic dive coastline of Tenerife, the largest Canary Island, spanning well-known sites from Puerto de la Cruz and Garachico in the north to Los Cristianos and Costa Adeje in the south.
Dive shops in Spain (119)
Dive sites in Spain (116)
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