Diving in Majorca

Majorca, with its abundance of marine life, numerous caves, walls and shipwrecks, together with excellent beaches and attractions, is an ideal destination for diving enthusiasts. Diving in Majorca is also relatively inexpensive, as is Majorca as a holiday destination.

There are many diving schools in Majorca, mainly in the southwest of the island where the best diving in Majorca is on offer. Santa Ponça is a good base and it is the nearest resort to the popular dive islands. The dive season is between May and October, when visibility is about 10 to 40 metres, while July and August have the best weather and warmest sea temperatures, up to 28C.

There are several islands and marine reserves in the southwest where you can go diving in Majorca, such as Sa Dragonera, Malgrats and El Toro. At these places you will find sea walls and caves harbouring all manner of marine wildlife including barracuda, moray eels, goatfish, octopus, cardinal fish, starfish and hard and soft coral, among numerous other delights.

Many dive companies offer dive packages that include a certain number of dives for a set fee. A 10-dive package will cost you in the region of €250, with an additional €100 for equipment hire. Those divers with their own equipment will make substantial savings, but at the cost of having to lug their equipment on holiday with them. Many companies offer a selection of PADI courses, ranging from basic beginner courses for about €150 to complete Divemaster courses in the region of €2,000 or €3,000.

Top dives in Majorca
Various islands off Majorca’s southwest coast offer wall and cave diving, such as the marine reserves of Sa Dragonera and El Toro, the latter which has an abundance of octopus in the spring. Malgrats is known for the submarine dive, while Isla del Sech offers reef and wreck diving.

Sa Mola is one of Majorca’s best dive sites where you can see numerous barracuda, while the Eel dive takes you to a German wreck containing scores of moray and conger eel. The Almagro dive is also popular and features a Phoenician wreck over 2,500 years old.