El Dado (Dado Pequeño)
Two small islets known as Los Dados lie less than 3 km south-east of the Ibiza marina; the smaller, southern one is the rock the Don Pedro hit. The dive starts at the east side of Dado Pequeño in about 5 m, follows a rock wall that drops to about 30 m with many cracks and sheltering scorpionfish and octopus, brown meagre in the crevices, a small muddy-floored cave at about 16 m and orange false coral; a shoal rises to the surface where the ship struck. Position: the catalogue prints the same GPS as for Don Pedro, so this is an approximate marker beside the wreck.
Facts
- Region: Spain – Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera
- Area: Ibiza
- Depth: 5–28 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: moderate
- Type: reef, wall
- Coordinates: 38.88467, 1.45282 (approximate)
- Highlights: reef the Don Pedro struck, vertical wall to about 30 m, scorpionfish and octopus, brown meagre
- Tips: Easy site for all levels per Vellmari (4–28 m); the catalogue map marks it for all levels. Often combined with the Don Pedro.