Marina del Este.
A dive site named after Marina del Este, the marina in the Los Berengueles cove on the eastern side of Punta de la Mona, between La Herradura and Almuñécar on Granada's Costa Tropical. The dive centre based in the marina lists Marina del Este among its sites, alongside Punta de la Mona and others. The waters around the point are a Natura 2000 site listed for reefs and sea caves.
What's down there.
- Punta de la Mona headland beside the marina
- Small beach cove just outside the marina, described as a meeting point for divers
- Octopus
- Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
- Painted comber (Serranus scriba)
- Cuttlefish
No published depth range was found for the site called Marina del Este.
Buceo La Herradura, which describes itself as the only dive centre based in Marina del Este, keeps two boats beside its premises and runs all its open-water training from them. andalucia.com says the marina's cove protects boats from rough seas, and describes Playa Berenguales, a small cove just outside the marina, as a popular meeting point for divers exploring the headland. How Peter's trips entered the water is not known. No depth, current or visibility information specific to this site was found. Protection: the waters of Punta de la Mona form Natura 2000 site ES6140016 'Acantilados y Fondos Marinos de la Punta de la Mona' (about 125 ha, centred on the point), listed for reefs, seven submerged or partly submerged sea caves and shallow sandbanks; a spatial query of the east side of the point returned this site. The protected cliffs of Maro–Cerro Gordo (ES6170002) begin at Cerro Gordo on the other side of La Herradura bay and do not include Punta de la Mona. No site-specific diving rules were found.
How it got there.
The marina, also called Puerto de Punta de la Mona, has 227 berths and sits in the Los Berengueles cove on the east face of Punta de la Mona (Wikipedia).
4 dives.
From the log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.