Pota de Llop

The cliffs of Meda Gran continue below the surface as vertical walls that drop past 40 metres into open water. Small platforms break the descent, each one a chance to find spiny lobsters backed into crevices and large octopuses flattened against the rock. The gorgonians begin in earnest below 15 metres -- red fans and sponges carpeting the wall as far as visibility allows, with groupers holding position in the flow. In the shallows, nudibranch species colonise the rock surfaces where filtered light still reaches. The deep wall invites you further down, and that is the discipline this site demands: the gorgonians do not thin out at 30 metres, they thicken, pulling the eye toward depths that push recreational limits.

Pota de Llop is the Medes site that weather guards. The northeast exposure means tramontana and levante winds lock it off for much of the season, and dive centres default to the sheltered southern rocks instead. The result is a site that receives a fraction of the diver traffic, where lobsters and octopus are reliably found because they have not learned to retreat, and where three independent sources mention sunfish as a possibility -- more than at any other Medes site. The comparison to Pedra de Deu is apt: both offer deep gorgonian walls on Meda Gran's flanks. But Pota de Llop faces the open sea, and on the rare calm day when the boat anchors here, the wall feels genuinely wild.

Weather is everything. Confirm with your centre the morning of the dive that Pota de Llop is still the plan -- it can be substituted for a sheltered site at short notice if wind picks up. The deep wall is the primary hazard: its gradual profile makes it easy to drift past 35 metres without noticing, so agree on a maximum depth before entry and watch the computer. Below the thermocline, temperatures drop significantly, so adequate exposure protection matters more here than at shallower Medes sites. If you are specifically requesting this site, mention it when booking -- centres may not offer it unprompted.