Mallorca & Cabrera (Balearic Islands)

Mallorca offers clear, warm-season Mediterranean diving with Posidonia seagrass meadows, walls, sea caves and a small group of wrecks. In the south-west the Illa del Toro and Illes Malgrats marine reserve and the walls of Sa Dragonera sit alongside the sunken cargo ships off Palma harbour, the Illetes islets and the sunken boats of Illa del Sec. The Tramuntana coast has Port de Sóller sites such as the Cova del Cap Gros and Sa Foradada and the Formentor islets and tunnels in the north. The Llevant coast (Cala Ratjada, Canyamel, Cala Millor, Porto Cristo) is a marine reserve with caves, arches and rock sites, and the south-east around Portocolom has islets, drifts and a wooden wreck. Cabrera National Park is dived only with an authorised centre. Positions are estimates from operator and listing pages, and the marine reserves require authorised dive centres.

Facts

• Season and water: Dive season April to November; June to October has the best visibility (25-40 m quoted); water about 14 °C in winter to 27 °C in summer
• Marine reserves: Mallorca has five Govern-managed reserves (Palma Bay, Migjorn, Llevant, Freu de sa Dragonera, El Toro and Malgrats): centres need a collective diving authorisation, and some zones are no-dive
• Cabrera: National park since 1991; authorisation to navigate, anchor or dive is requested online via the Govern; per a 220bars guide only two dive boats a day and two sites (Cap de Llebeig, Cala Galiota)
• Wrecks: Palma West Dock cargo wrecks at 27-30 m, the Illa del Sec fishing boats at 18 and 29 m, the wooden Peter van Danzig at 26 m off Portocolom

Season

• Best months: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
• Acceptable: Apr, May, Nov
• Poor: Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
• Water temperature: 14–27 °C

The dive season runs from April to November with the best visibility from June to October. Water is about 14 °C in winter and up to 27 °C in summer; winter diving is possible but few centres operate.

Dive sites (36)

Llevant (East)

• Bahía María (Cala Millor) – 2–8 m, beginner
• Cala Gat (Reserva Marina de Llevant) – 3–10 m, beginner
• Cala Morlanda (Porto Cristo area) – 2–14 m, beginner
• Cala Nao (Cala Millor area) – 3–10 m, beginner
• Cap Freu (Cala Ratjada) – 10–40 m, advanced
• Cap Vermell (Canyamel) – 5–22 m, beginner
• Faro (Capdepera lighthouse, Cala Ratjada) – 5–28 m, intermediate
• HB Submarino (old sandstone quarry) – 3–12 m, beginner
• La Cala de la Fuente – 3–20 m, beginner
• Laberinto (Cala Millor) – 2–10 m, beginner
• Las Tres Cuevas – 3–18 m, beginner
• Punta de n'Amer – 5–22 m, beginner

Cabrera National Park

• Cabrera National Park – Cap de Llebeig (Cala Galiota) – 5–30 m, advanced

Palma & Southwest

• Cap de Cala Figuera (lighthouse) – 5–25 m, intermediate
• Cova de sa Madona (Cala Llamp cave) – 7–25 m, advanced
• Illa de sa Porrassa – 3–18 m, beginner
• Illa del Sec (El Sec, sunken boats Clara and Regina Maris) – 7–32 m, intermediate
• Illa del Toro (El Toro marine reserve) – 5–40 m, intermediate
• Illes Malgrats (Piscina Malgrats, Punta Malgrats) – 3–35 m, intermediate
• Illetes islets (Illa de sa Caleta, Cala Contesa) – 3–25 m, beginner
• Morro d'en Feliu – 10–32 m, intermediate
• Palma Wrecks (Porto Pi / Dique del Oeste: Playa Dorada, Karelia) – 7–30 m, advanced
• Sa Dragonera (Freu de sa Dragonera marine reserve) – 10–40 m, advanced

Tramuntana & North

• Cap de Formentor – 10–40 m, advanced
• Cova Blava de na Mora (north of Port de Sóller) – intermediate
• Cova de sa Figuera (Pollença coast) – advanced
• Cova del Cap Gros (Port de Sóller) – 9–27 m, intermediate
• Cova des Vell Marí (Tramuntana coast) – intermediate
• Es Colomer (tunnel islet) – 3–40 m, advanced
• Illa de Formentor – 6–20 m, beginner
• Punta de l'Avançada (Port de Pollença) – 3–12 m, beginner
• Sa Foradada – 10–20 m, intermediate

South-East

• Faralló d'en Fred (Cala Marçal) – 3–12 m, beginner
• Faro de Portocolom – 3–18 m, beginner
• Peter van Danzig (wreck, Portocolom) – 26 m, advanced
• Punta Cala sa Nau (drift and stalactite cave) – 3–20 m, intermediate

Operators (9)

• Big Blue Diving – dive centre, Palmanova and Puerto Portals (Calvià)
• West Coast Divers Mallorca – dive centre, Hotel Bonanza Playa & Spa, Illetas
• Mallorca Diving Adventure – dive centre, Port d'Andratx
• Aventura IB (Cabrera diving from Colònia de Sant Jordi) – dive centre, Colònia de Sant Jordi
• Soller Divers – dive centre, Port de Sóller
• Dive & Fun Mallorca – dive centre, Font de sa Cala / Capdepera (Cala Ratjada area)
• Mero Diving – dive centre, Cala Lliteras, Cala Ratjada
• Skualo Porto Cristo – dive centre, Porto Cristo
• Petro Divers – dive centre, Porto Petro (near Santanyí / Cala d'Or)

Routes (5)

• Cabrera National Park full-day dive trip (Aventura IB)
• Cabrera National Park half-day dive trip (Aventura IB)
• Bay of Palma boat dives incl. the big wrecks (Aventura IB)
• Daily boat dives on the Sóller coast (Soller Divers)
• Guided bay and boat dives in the Llevant reserve (Mero Diving)

Site positions are estimates from listings and landmarks and are for orientation only — never for navigation. Dive with a local centre, follow marine-reserve and national-park rules and check current conditions.