Roses · Spain

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don't go · wave 1.4 m (occasionally up to ~2.8 m)

wave 1.4 mwind 37, gusts 61 km/hvisibility ~1 m

today, best window 15:00–18:00

fish · Visibility 1 m · Water 24.6°C

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Wednesday · today2026-09-09

07:20–20:07 · new moon

▼ 02:00▲ 07:00▼ 13:00▲ 20:00 · 0.2 m

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Tide-0.37 m

Wave1.62 m

Wind37 km/h

Water24 °C

fish activity: moonrise 05:09 · moderate · moon overhead 12:20 · high · moonset 19:19 · moderate · moon underfoot 00:00 · high

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Hs 1.40 m · roughperiod 6.1 swind 37→61surge 0.1viz 1 m

1.40 mrough · up to ~2.80 · 37° at an angle

6.1 sswell moderate

37→61gusts 61 km/h

0.1weak surge

0.17m/s

1 mrecent swell

24.6°C5 mm + hood

▲20:00tide rising

Atmosphere51 kmovercast

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wave 1.4 m (occasionally up to ~2.8 m)
steep wind-wave — choppy surface, careful on entry
murky water (~1 m) — fish hard to see

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Cala MontjoiRoses

dangerous

exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: Get in right after sunrise: by nine the holiday complex empties onto the beach and by midday the sea breeze is up. Water runs 12.7 C in February and 23.3 C in August; September and October give the best mix of visibility and warmth. Night is out — spearfishing is banned from sunset to sunrise across Spain.
tide: The Mediterranean tide moves some twenty centimetres — for hunting it makes no difference. What counts is different: after rain the Muga and the Fluvià push turbidity into the bay of Roses and it drifts southwest along the shore. The permanent flow hugs the slope further out; inside the cove you can ignore it.
shelter: Montjoi bay faces east-southeast, and all its shelter comes from the Tramuntana: the north wind drops off the land over the Norfeu ridge and leaves the water flat and clean along the shore. The Llevant, roughly the 50 to 160 degree sector, walks straight in through the mouth, and inside there is nowhere to hide.
conditions: Come with Tramuntana or a light westerly: on those days you get 15-25 metres along the rocky sides of the cove. With Llevant, especially around 90 degrees, the place shuts down — the surge stirs the sand at the head of the bay and visibility drops to two or three metres. From 14 August 2026 you need the free Cap de Creus park permit.
hazard: First the park regime: Cap de Creus caps are tighter than the general Catalan ones — 5 kg of fish, 2 kg of cephalopods, 40 urchins, mero from 55 cm and only one, plus a daily catch report and compulsory environmental training. Then the physical side: no tanks anywhere in Spain, buoy compulsory, and in summer tenders and kayaks inside the cove.
access: The road from Roses runs through the Torre del Sastre barrier: from 1 July to 31 August it is shut 09:30-16:00 and only bookings, residents and motorbikes get through. The alternative is on foot from Almadrava beach along the camí de ronda, 4 km, about two hours. Entry off the shingle, five minutes swim to the rocky sides.

Rocky cove SE of Roses; drop-offs and boulders, sea bream and gilthead, exposed to the easterly (Llevant, E).

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Cala Rostella / AlmadravaRoses

dangerous

exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: Dawn is the only quiet window: the walking path to Montjoi starts at Almadrava and from about eight it fills with hikers, while neighbouring Cala Pelosa draws a summer crowd to its restaurant. Water is 16.6 C in May and 19.2 C in October. The Catalan spearfishing licence costs 20.55 euros, lasts a year and needs an annual medical certificate.
tide: Forget the tide — twenty centimetres decide nothing. Sand is what really gets in the way: the shallow Almadrava holds suspended silt for a day or two after an easterly sea, while stony Rostella flushes clean in a few hours. There is almost no coastal current here, so reckon on wind drift, not on flow.
shelter: Two neighbouring spots on the north side of the bay of Roses: narrow rocky Rostella between Punta Falconera and Montjoi bay, and the wide shallow Almadrava. Rostella is listed as a Tramuntana refuge, but the shelter comes from the ridge alone and in a hard northerly the wind still falls in from above. Both mouths open southeast, and Llevant shuts them.
conditions: Come with Tramuntana or a light northwesterly: 12-20 metres over the rock at either end, noticeably less over the sand in the middle. With southeast and east, 90 to 135 degrees, the surge runs straight in through the mouth, the sand lifts and visibility falls to three metres. The Cap de Creus park permit applies here too.
hazard: Stay to the west: east of Rostella the Cap Norfeu reserve band begins, where recreational fishing is banned outright, and nobody marks that line in the water. In summer Almadrava fills with swimmers and the 250 metre rule from bathing areas applies here too. Urchins cover the entry rock — boots and gloves are not optional.
access: Almadrava has tarmac and a car park with no barrier; you enter straight off the coarse shingle. Cala Rostella takes no cars: you walk the camí de ronda from Almadrava, about a kilometre and a half and half an hour, with a rocky scramble down. From the water it is five to ten minutes swim to the good rocky edge on either side.

Cove semi-sheltered from the easterly; easy entry, good with E swell.

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Cap NorfeuRoses

dangerous

exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: There is no season to plan for here: Llei 4/1998 closes the reserve to recreational fishing in all twelve months, and the PRUG (Ordre TER/130/2025) layers its own permit regime on top. Neither the spring nor the autumn water opens the cape — take the gun to the open coast south of Roses and come here with a mask only.
tide: Tide means nothing here, the range is about twenty centimetres. Something else does: the cape sits on the same headland as Cap de Creus and the Liguro-Provenzal-Catalana flow is squeezed around its tip — moderate to strong current, high difficulty. Even without a gun, going in alone here is a bad idea.
shelter: Norfeu is a long rocky cape thrown out to east and south, the most seaward point of the bay of Roses. The Tramuntana passes over the top and leaves the northern face calm, while Llevant and Xaloc come straight in and the sea wraps around the point on both sides. The landmark on the ridge is the Torre de Norfeu.
conditions: You do not shoot here in any weather: the whole cape sits inside partial and integral nature reserves and recreational fishing is banned — Llei 4/1998 art. 8 and the Cap de Creus park PRUG, Ordre TER/130/2025 art. 21. Take the gun to Cala Montjoi or Almadrava instead: there it is allowed under the free park permit.
hazard: The legal part comes first: the reserve band runs roughly from 42 degrees 14 minutes to 42 degrees 15 minutes north and from 3 degrees 14 to 3 degrees 17 minutes east; inside it recreational fishing is banned and a gun in the water leaves no room for argument. Then the physical: vertical walls, current at the tip and nobody around.
access: There is no road to the cape itself: you leave the car at Cala Montjoi or Cala Pelosa and walk the camí de ronda, half an hour to an hour of stony path through scrub. The way down to the water is over rock, there is no beach at all. By boat from Roses it is about twenty minutes, but you cannot take the gun out there either.

Rocky cape on the edge of Cap de Creus Nature Park; deep drop-offs, grouper and dentex, very exposed to the easterly; respect the reserves.

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Punta FalconeraRoses

dangerous

exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: Go at first light: by nine or ten the dive boats from Roses arrive on the walls and the point stops being yours. Best months are April, May, September and October. In July and August mero, corball de roca and octopus are closed by seasonal ban. No night hunting — sunrise to sunset only.
tide: Nobody watches the tide here, the range is about 20 centimetres. You watch the current: the Liguro-Provenzal-Catalana flow runs southwest hugging the slope, and right at the point dive guides call it moderate to strong, high difficulty. Drop your buoy before the first dive and see where it pulls.
shelter: Falconera is a rocky cape between Roses and Montjoi, exposed to south and southeast. With Tramuntana its northern nook works: the wind passes overhead and the water under the wall goes glassy. With Llevant or Gregal from the northeast there is nowhere to hide — the sea wraps around the point on both sides and breaks on the rock.
conditions: The good day is Tramuntana or flat calm: 20-30 metres on the walls, the best visibility on this stretch. With an easterly near 90 degrees, or a long easterly swell, the cape is shut — it breaks over the rock and getting out of the water turns dangerous. You are inside the park: permit and a daily catch report.
hazard: The walls drop from 20 to 45 metres and the temptation to use tanks is at its highest here: spearfishing on scuba is banned everywhere in Spain, and carrying a gun and breathing gear together on a boat is already treated as an offence. Load the gun underwater only. Add the current at the point and dive boats overhead.
access: From the Montjoi road a turn-off leads to the Falconera car park; a path then runs past the old coastal battery bunkers, about ten minutes downhill. There is no beach: you enter off a rock slab, and with any swell do not try. Two or three minutes to the good ground — depth starts right at the stone.

Rocky point between Roses and Montjoi; rock and Posidonia, moderately exposed to the E.

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Punta de l'AlmadravaRoses

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Punta de la GaleraRoses

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Punta del BergantiRoses

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Punta planaRoses

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

What's in season,
what the law says.

Minimum sizes by caladero (in the table below). Season depends on the species and place.

In season now

European seabass
Dicentrarchus labrax · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
gilthead seabream
Sparus aurata · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
white seabream
Diplodus sargus · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
two-banded seabream
Diplodus vulgaris · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
sharpsnout seabream
Diplodus puntazzo · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
salema / saupe
Sarpa salpa · Mediterranean · RD 560/1995 Anexo II
⚠️ Do NOT eat the head/guts (ichthyosarcotoxism).
bogue
Boops boops · Mediterranean · RD 560/1995 Anexo II
striped seabream
Lithognathus mormyrus · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
grey mullet
Mugil / Chelon spp. · Mediterranean · RD 560/1995 Anexo II
red porgy
Pagrus pagrus · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
striped red mullet
Mullus surmuletus · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
brown meagre / corb
Sciaena umbra · Mediterranean · RD 560/1995 Anexo II
Cataluña: corball 30 cm, máx. 2 ejemplares/día — Resolució ARP/3310/2025.
dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus · Mediterranean · UE 2019/1241
Sin prohibición estatal de captura (NO está en el Catálogo Español, RD 139/2011). Cataluña: 50 cm, máx. 2 ejemplares/día — Resolució ARP/3310/2025.
common octopus
Octopus vulgaris · Mediterranean · 1 kg
Talla por PESO: mín. 1 kg (RD 560/1995, todos los anexos). No coger hembras con huevos. Cataluña: veda del pulpo de roca aprox. jul–sep, por zonas — Resolució ARP/3310/2025.

Law

✓Spearfishing licence mandatory; the AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY issues it (not the State) and it is valid in the exterior waters of the whole coast. Free-diving only — scuba is banned (, art. 3).
✓Spearfishing catch may not be sold or traded — it is non-commercial fishing ().
✓Night prohibited: spearfishing only in daylight (sunset to sunrise not allowed) — , art. 16.d.
✓Marker buoy MANDATORY: mark your position with a clearly visible buoy and stay within 25 m of it — , art. 15.
✓Never keep the speargun loaded out of the water — , art. 16.a.
✓Keep at least 300 m from professional fishing vessels that are working — , art. 12.b.
✓The state act (, art. 16) bans, for spearfishing: a loaded gun out of the water; explosive/electric points and lamps (hand torches excepted); underwater scooters; night — from sunset to sunrise. Plus art. 12 b), d), e): 300 m from professional fishing vessels, light as an attractant, poisons/explosives. A ban in a PARTICULAR reserve, port or beach comes from that place's OWN instrument (the reserve's order, the autonomous community's rules, the port authority) — see the no-take zones on the map and your community's rules.
✓Min. sizes by ( + + EU 2019/1241): sea bass 42 cm (rec.) / 36 cm / 25 cm Mediterranean / 22 cm Canaries; gilthead bream 20 cm and white seabream 23 cm in the Mediterranean (EU 2019/1241); grouper 45 cm. See your zone's species card.
✓Only species in Annex I of may be taken; keeping, landing or transporting undersized specimens is prohibited.
✓The licence needs a medical fitness certificate for free-diving and civil-liability insurance (or a federative licence, which includes it). Mandatory in the Basque Country/Murcia/Asturias/Galicia; the federative licence covers it in Galicia/Balearics/Cantabria; the Canaries and Andalusia do NOT require it for the individual licence (a responsible health declaration). Minimum age generally 16 (14 in Andalusia).

Safety protocol

Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

FAQ — spearfishing in Roses

Where can I spearfish in Roses?

Roses has rock entry points such as Cala Montjoi, Punta Falconera and Cap Norfeu. Spearfishing in Roses: sea forecast and shore-entry spots. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Roses?

Long season (May–October), with summer going glassy. Tide barely matters — follow the solunar and the thermocline; there are posidonia meadows and, at peak summer, plenty of boats and swimmers.

How cold is the water in Roses?

Mediterranean: ~13 °C in winter to ~25 °C in summer. A 3 mm suit in high summer, 5 mm in spring and autumn — but the thermocline can leave the water much colder at depth.

Is Roses good for a beginner?

Accessible: generally calm sea, clear water and little current — good for building water time on small-sea days. Mind the boat traffic in summer; always use the buoy.

Do I need a licence in Roses?

Yes — in Roses you need a recreational sea-fishing licence (issued by the autonomous community); breath-hold only (no scuba), with a marker buoy and no night diving. See the guide.

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