We highlight the best spots for diving in Mojácar:
Cala Verde (Maximum depth 10m)
In this place you can see the wreck of a pontoon that formerly loaded ore from nearby mines for export. During an amazing storm, years ago the ship sank and has become an artificial reef. You will usually be able to see conger eels, octopuses, small groupers and occasionally small rays.
The Anchors (Depth from 7 to 20m)
The name of this dive dates back to the time when large anchors were anchored in this area. The bottom is a huge rock that is just outside the port of Villaricos. The rock has a gentle slope towards the beach and a small entrance at 18m. There are numerous octopuses, moray eels, and large bibalbus.
La Loza 1,2 and 3 (Depth from 10 to 30m)
Huge rock formation divided into 3 different dives and about 25 minutes from the port of Villaricos. The highest part of this formation is 10m deep and gently descends to 22m on the northern side. The southernmost part of the rock drops steeply to a maximum of 30m.
You can spot a great variety of fish, from barracudas, tuna, octopus, moray eels, conger eels and if you are really lucky stingrays.
In this dive we can descend until we reach 28-30 meters where we find an underwater grotto in the rocky part that will take us to 12 meters.
El Calón 1 and 2 (Depth from 10 to 25m)
The dive is about 25 by boat from the port of Villaricos. The bottom is made up of a huge rock whose upper part lies 10 m deep. The northern part falls gently to 20m while the southern part drops to 25m. The fauna is made up of moray eels, octopuses, groupers...
The Cathedral (Level Advanced)
The Cathedral is about 3km from the fishing town called Villaricos.
The solitary rock that makes up the Cathedral emerges from a depth of 30m. In the southern area of the cathedral there is a 3x4 opening that will allow us to enter it. On the walls and also on the ceiling of the cave there are different types of coral and sponges that cover them. The ground is made of fine coral, so we must be careful: if we flap it we worsen visibility.
Scorpionfish and moray eels have made this cave their home (although we can't guarantee you'll see them). In the center of the cave there is a stone block that was placed several years ago by some divers.
You exit through the area on the left of the cave, while on the right there are small exit openings where the fish like to gather. When we get outside the cave we will have to climb the rock wall, here we will be able to discern moray eels and octopuses.
Parts of the rock are porous and we will see a curtain of bubbles rising from the peak of the rock. These are some bubbles that we exhaled when we were in the cavity.
