Menorca Diving Advice?

[Andi30]

Hello,

My fiance and I are going to Menorca/Mallorca and Barcelona for our honeymoon coming up in June. We plan to do some diving, particularly in Menorca. Any recommendations/advice? I didn't find a whole lot of information when I searched the forum...

Thanks!
Andi

 

[String]

Both those are fairly renound for caves/caverns.

Sea wise its standard med but the better side of the med - more in the way of big fish.

Usual barracuda, grouper, bream etc. No coral.

 

[Diving Doc]

Salgar Diving and Dive Cala Blanca are worth talking to. I know Cala Blanca dont open up before April though

 

[Andi30]

Thanks for the tips!

 

[mania]

I moved this thread to Western Europe.
Mania

 

[Kirstin - MENORCA]

Hi there Andi, Only just joined SCUBABOARD so hope this information not too late...
WWW.BLUEWATERSCUBA.CO.UK are based in Cala'n Bosch on the south western tip of the island. Take a look at their website. Gives loads of information about diving and dive sites. Plenty of caverns to explore. Every dive an Adventure. Definitely a professional outfit. Look forward to seeing you!

 

[Andi30]

We're going in June, so definitely not too late! Thank you very much Kirsten!

 

[t0by]

You'd do well to visit different parts of the island for different dives:
Ciutadella (Menorca Tech) for Pont en Gil or Malakoff wreck
Fornells (Buceo Aventura) for the marine reserve

IMO the best diving is in the north, but the wind can blow and it's easy to get cancelled, so use the southern sites as a backup.
There's loads of dive centres. Many do only shore diving, because of the complications with Spanish boat driving permits.

But the best dives are from boats. There's no real "caves", but lots of "caverns" - if the difference is important to you...

 

[idmuff]

When Kirstin says 'they' she really means 'WE' as its her diving school.
Great location in Bosch and friendly enough people.

 

[idmuff]

Salgar Diving and Dive Cala Blanca are worth talking to. I know Cala Blanca dont open up before April though

I know that Dive Cala Blanca are opening for the winter this year. They are opeing up again in December and will also put you up for the week (at a cost of course). Ive just been out there diving with Steve and it was great and he was a great laugh to dive with.

I dived all round cala blanca and there are some great caves, halocline, octopus, baracuda etc.