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Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Castro Urdiales

The top 3 dive and snorkel sites in Castro Urdiales, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Castro Urdiales guide

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La Calita

No reviews yetSpain, Basque Country

A rocky reef, with tall walls of rock, covered with all shorts of life, quite interesting for macro-photography, and zooming. At the top of this walls, a thick layer of red algae, as well as some kelp plants. Between the labyrinth of walls, some big grain sand bars. Not a lot of big fauna, but you can see occasionally, rays, sea basses and serranids. Ideal for training, and first dive. From the Getxo Marina, a trip of more or less 15 minutes, by boat.

BeginnerMax depth 39.4 ftBoat entry
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Los Cañones

No reviews yetSpain, Cantabrico

Up in the small seashore hill, an old fort stands. In the Napoleonic wars, Castro Urdiales was under siege, so people on the village, throw to the sea all their ammunition, including, guns cannons, cannon balls... The dive refers to this objects, scatered on the rocky sea floor, in a really easy dive, that youngsters and first time divers will love. Congers, octopuses and breams will make the dive more amusing, with the cannons all around, mimeting with the ecosystem. Only a thing; as it is so near the city, sometimes, "suspicious" changes on the water, will appear. Be careful with the rock walls. Castro. By boat: 10 minute trip from the marina.

BeginnerMax depth 39.4 ftBoat entry
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La Gabarra

No reviews yetSpain, Basque Country

A sunken log boat called "Setares II", on a flat silty ground. The accident happened during the winter of 1957 or early 1958, during a night storm. It was discovered years ago. Nowadays is partially covered with silt, this is why the visibility is sometimes poor. Try not to remove the sea floor with the flippers! Here you can see enourmous conger eels and big blue lobsters, aswell as John Dorys and schools of other fishes. Beware of the sometimes hard currents, and of the depth. Is recommended dry suits because of the cold water at the bottom. Here they traine the AOW from the PADI clubs of the Getxo marina. By boat from Getxo Marina. A good boat tryp that takes 20 minutes.

IntermediateMax depth 114.8 ftBoat entry
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Castro Urdiales diving guide

Ready to check out the best sites in Castro Urdiales for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 3 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.