Cabo San Antonio Marine Reserve

The dive sites sit off the eastward-projecting tip of Cabo de San Antonio, fully open to the Mediterranean through the E and SE sectors, where this microtidal coast is driven by wind-waves rather than ocean swell. The warm Scirocco from the S-SE has the longest fetch and builds the largest seas, so a south-easterly blow is the main reason to cancel; the high cape and Iberian landmass to the west completely block the NW Mistral/Tramontane and all landward winds. The bays of Javea (south) and Denia (north) wrap around the cape and partly shadow those flanks, so the inner reserve sites stay diveable in most conditions.