Torre del Cable (The Cable Tower / Mineral Tower)

The site sits about 180 m off Playa del Cable on Marbella's south-facing coast and is a shore dive reached by a short surface swim to the tower. The beach, town and the marina breakwater to the NW-W shield the whole northern half, so the N, NW and NE sectors are effectively blocked; the marina jetty also gives partial cover from the W-WSW. Its open window is the Alboran Sea to the south, with the SE through SW sector fully exposed. As a microtidal Mediterranean site the concern is wind-wave rather than true swell: the easterly Levante builds working seas along the long Alboran fetch and reaches the site from the E-ESE, while the westerly Poniente arrives partly along the coast from the W-WSW. Being only 8-14 m deep and close to shore, the tower is surge-prone and its visibility deteriorates quickly in any onshore blow, so it dives best in flat calm or light offshore/northerly winds.