Marina Costs Med Spain - 2016

[ianpowolny]

Folks,

I've just been working up the daily marina pricing for the Spanish med coast:

€ 84 Sotogrande Plus w&e
€ 63 Puerto de la Duques Guess. Plus w+e
€ 39 Estapona Plus w&e
€ 123 Puerto Jose Banus Plus w&e
€ 36 PD de Fuengirola
€ 32 Benalmadena Plus w&e
€ 42 Puerto Caleta de Velez Maybe plus w&e
€ 63 Marina del Este La Mona Plus w&e
€ 51 Bajadilla Marbella +w€1.21+e€1.81
€ 53 Puerto Deportivo Marbella Plus +w+e
€ 26 Puerto de Almerimar Report as good marina on CA.
San Jose Anchorage
€ 42 Garrucha OK Write up in CA
€ 39 Cartagena inc -5%CA, w+e
€ 48 Torrevieja Could anchor
€ 64 Santa Pola M Miramar plus w+e
no price yet Altea Puerto de Altea
€ 98 Altea Greenwich
€ 59 Denia Plus w+e
€ 85 Alicante
€ 73 Port Vell Barcelona
€ 157 Sant Antoni Ibiza +€6 in Aug. No CA deal. This is not a typo!!!

Ian

[vasko]

Ibiza:

Marina's very expensive - San Antoni is the cheapest - my suggestion is to anchor in :

Cala Badella/Vadella - very nice place ( can hire a car and go around the island if needed) 
Cala Llonga is also good in the south
The San Antoni bay is good also - but usually VERY crowded

VERY important to visit  Formentera - amazing place - especially - S'Espalmador beach - ther is bouy's there you will need to pay about 35Eur - but if arrive after 5-7 pm most likley free


Ibzia town - 3 marinas - the one close to the old town is the cheapest

Alicante area:

Marina Deportiva Alicante is a MUST no matter how much it cost - as it is the centre of the city, close to everything , great  place to be - just expensive for short stay, but the position is worth every penny!

Marina Santa Pola - new marina with good amenities - not cheap and always has space, nothing to see around

Marina De Las Dunas - very quite and safe place as in the entrance of a river  - very good price , and increasable beach - always been vary happy there

Benidorm - can anchor in the south side of the bay

Altea - generally mafia town - all rich Mafioso has houses there , but one of the safest place in the world also
at the entrance of the south side of Altea bay there is number of free bouy's

Moraira - there is a good bay for anchoring, but  if bumpy be very careful for depth as the waves can eat get 1+ meter from the depth

Calpe nice place to be , yacht club is average pricey but very nice , you can also anchor in the entrance for free.

the sailing to Ibiza from Alicante is done usually in two days :

1. Day - Alicante  -> Calpe ( club nautico or anchor on the south or north side of the rock depending on from where the sea waves are comming)

2. Day - Calpe - Ibiza ( Cala Badella or St Antoni ) 

generic thing :

Alicante area is never dangerous from wind point of view - max that I have seen is about 27kts - but AWFUL swell from the sea almost 99% of the time - really annoying and no islands or really deep bays to hide - e.g. no fun in cruising to be honest - that was my main reason to move from Alicante to St Cyprien/France
 

 

[vasko]

one more thing about Ibiza - you can actually anchor in the bay of S'Olleta on the very small island of Es Vedranell - is off the cost of Ibiza - amazing rocky place   ( you can also tie the boat to two rocks instead of anchoring as the water is quite deep ) - very good for spear fishing ! 

and if you like tuna best fishing ground in the med is between mainland Alicante/Calpe and Ibiza - somewhere in the middle  every crossing at least one relatively big tuna   from 7kg to 110kg is my experience