MEDITERRANEAN
Medes Islands Marine Reserve
- Spain
- All levels
- May - October
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Shallow reef to 40 m walls
- When to go
- May - October
- Site type
- Marine Reserve
Featured wildlife
- Dusky grouper
- Green turtle
- Great barracuda
- Giant moray
About this dive site
The Mediterranean reserve where fish biomass bounced back.
Off L'Estartit on the Costa Brava, the Illes Medes are a no-take zone with dense groupers, barracuda and gorgonians. Permit dives only via licensed boats; visibility varies with weather.
Most trips target May - October, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is May - October, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Medes Islands Marine Reserve day to day, not just the map pin.