Site position
Camp de MarMixed · Excellent (100/100)
- Excellent 95-100
- Very good 90-94
- Acceptable 80-89
- Difficult 70-79
- Not advised 50-69
- Very poor 0-49
Photo: Liilia MorozCC BY-SA 4.0
Dive siteBaleares · Mallorca
Camp de Mar
Mixed entryDifficulty Easy
A sheltered bay in Andratx ringed by cliffs, with its own islet and a bottom of rock and Posidonia seagrass. The easy site in the area: shallow, little current and a comfortable entry for courses and try dives.
- Max depth
- 22 m
- Minimum level
- Open Water
- Visibility
- 12-25 m
- Active window
- Open
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Site briefing
Operational briefing
About this site
Camp de Mar is a small bay on the Andratx coast, closed in by high cliffs, with an islet in the middle linked to the beach by a walkway. That closed funnel shape is exactly what makes it useful for diving: inside there is almost never any sea running, and the bottom stays shallow for a long stretch.
The usual route follows the side walls of the bay, where the rock steps down between boulders, and then heads out towards the Posidonia seagrass meadow. On the rock there are moray eels, octopuses, white seabream and damselfish; over the seagrass, salema, cuttlefish and now and then a ray in the sandy clearings.
It is not a spectacular dive and does not try to be: it is where you go when the west is rough, when a course has to go ahead, or when you want a long, quiet dive. Depths stay in the comfortable range and you can enter from the shore or from a boat.
The trade-off is summer: the bay is a tourist beach with plenty of pleasure boats and swimmers, so always fly a buoy and take care on the ascent.
Operational description
Dive with mixed shore/boat entry at Camp de Mar, designed for Open Water divers with group control, reading of the local current and a route adapted to sea conditions.
History and context
Camp de Mar is part of the usual diving routes in Mallorca. The page combines scenic value, local marine life and the recurring operations of centres and clubs in the Balearics.
Entry
Boat entry with a briefing on anchoring, current, descent line and pick-up protocol.
Suggested route
Gradual descent, main route over rock and Posidonia seagrass, turn at half tank and return along the shallow contour for added safety.
Bottom
Mediterranean rock, patches of Posidonia seagrass and sandy clearings depending on the chosen route.
Expectation
Level Open Water / visibility 12-25 m
Expected fauna
- white seabream
- damselfish
- salema
- octopuses
- nudibranchs
- occasional groupers
Best season
- May
- June
- September
- October
Photo and observation
- Posidonia seagrass
- rock arches
- Mediterranean macro
- side light on the wall
Safety
- Use the line if there is current
- Stay with the guide on the wall
- Follow the boat protocol
- Deploy an SMB if ascending away from the point
- boat traffic
- occasional current
- wind shifts
Dive site photos
This is what Camp de Mar looks like, above and below.
Reference photos
Photo: Liilia MorozCC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Liilia MorozCC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Antoni SuredaCC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: ChixoyPublic domain
Photo: Salwa Farwaneh DamehCC0
Photo: Cristian Bortes www.eyeem.com/bortescristian from Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCC BY 2.0
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Centres and clubs
Operators available for this dive spot.
Centre
H2O Scuba Academy
- Area
- Camp de Mar, Mallorca
- Relation
- Centre that works it
Club
Isurus Sub
- Area
- Palma, Mallorca
- Relation
- Club that visits it
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