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Everything you need to know about diving El Santuari, a sunken fish farm turned artificial reef off Arenys de Mar. Resident seahorses, barracuda schools, and a structure unlike any natural dive site.

A complete guide to scuba diving the Maresme coast near Barcelona. 45+ dive sites, sunken fish farms, rocky reef ridges, and an active local dive scene — all 30 minutes from the city.

A guide to diving La Virgen, a rocky reef dive site off Port Balís on Barcelona's Maresme coast. What to expect from this local favorite — marine life, nudibranchs, an underwater nativity scene, and practical info.

An honest review of Posidonia Dive, the SSI dive center at Port Balís on the Maresme coast. What they offer, what the diving is like, and what you should know before booking.

I live about two hours south of L'Estartit, and the Illes Medes are where I end up diving more than anywhere else. There's a reason for that. Seven small islands off the Costa Brava coast, protected as a marine reserve since 1983, and home to some of the best diving in the Mediterranean. Not "best d

If you ask anyone who's dived the Illes Medes which site to do first, they'll say Carall Bernat. It's the signature dive of the most popular marine reserve in the western Mediterranean. A rocky pinnacle sticking 72 meters out of the sea, with walls dropping straight down into blue water, covered in

I have been diving the Illes Medes since I was sixteen. Hundreds of dives, across every season, at every site. And what strikes me every time is not how beautiful it is — though it is — but how alive it is compared to unprotected coastline just a few kilometers away. That difference is the entire st

I have dived Carall Bernat more times than I can count. Literally — I stopped tracking individual dives here years ago. It is the site I bring visiting divers to when I want them to understand what the Illes Medes is about. Not because it is the easiest or the most accessible, but because in a singl