- prozor
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- plima
- The level is irrelevant. What matters is that you are working on the shoulder of the coast's main cape: the flow bending round Cap de la Nau brushes Ambolo too, and the swell reflected off the wall adds to it, setting up a nasty cross sea right against the rock. Check your drift on the buoy every few dives, especially after three days of Llevant.
- zaklon
- A cove under the cliff on the southwest shoulder of Cap de la Nau, with the islet of Illa del Descobridor alongside. The front faces south and southeast, so the cape's bulk holds off Gregal and Llevant well: in a northeasterly gale it can be almost calm here. Migjorn and Llebeig, though, come in unhindered and hit the undercut rock square on.
- uvjeti
- A spot for experienced divers: depth comes at once, the wall runs down, and you work where the swell rebounds off the rock. Come with Gregal and northerlies, and with Ponent it is perfect, 15 to 20 metres of visibility. With southerly and southwesterly do not even approach: the undercut sets up a cross sea and there is no way out. No act banning spearfishing was found here.
- opasnost
- The big danger here is not underwater but over your head: the beach has been officially closed for some twenty years because of rockfall, in 2025 a hundred people were evacuated and the police patrol the access. Do not stand under the wall or leave gear there. Then depth without a safety net, reflected swell, and the standing rule: no scuba while spearfishing, buoy mandatory.
- pristup
- There is no way in by land: the path down is officially closed, there are signs, and in summer patrols come through. The only legal option is from the water: kayak or paddleboard from Granadella along the cliff, or a boat out of Xàbia harbour. The Varadero slipway, incidentally, is shut from 1 March to 30 June for protected wildlife; after that private use is free.
Rocky ground below Cap de la Nau; deep bottom, exposed to swell, advanced.
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