El Nido de la Águila

The boat ride out from Calpe harbour takes about ten minutes, dropping divers at the top of the Ifach's south wall. From there the wall runs down through boulders that get bigger the deeper you go, and the terrain gives away almost nothing about depth. Several sources warn that twenty metres can pass without anyone noticing. Around the midpoint, among the largest boulders, scattered wreck debris breaks up the rock, no name or date attached to it, just metal among the stone. Two independent checks put the full profile at 26 to 30 metres, well past where the shallower upper half tops out. A torch pays off here: blennies, gobies, and nudibranchs hide in the same crevices that shelter the morays.

This is the one Ifach-area dive built around genuine depth progression rather than a flat, easy profile. Where Cala el Racó stays under seven metres and Los Arcos tops out around nine, this wall keeps going, past twenty metres and into a boulder field big enough to lose scale in. The wreck debris partway through gives divers something to find, not just depth for its own sake. It suits a certified diver who wants a real wall to follow and a reason to check a dive computer, not a snorkeler working a shallow loop.

Bring a personal dive computer, not a borrowed gauge. The spread between the wall's shallow shelf and its 26-30 metre floor is wide enough that shared or estimated numbers aren't good enough here. A torch finds the nudibranchs and blennies that ambient light misses. Watch for pleasure boats on the surface, especially near the harbour approach, and carry a surface marker buoy if you drift or come up away from the boat. Open Water divers can enjoy the wall's upper shelf; reaching the wreck debris and the full 26-30 metre profile calls for Advanced Open Water, so confirm with your dive center which section your group is diving before you get in the water.