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Balky Point
Cabo de Palos, Murcia, Spain
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EntryShore
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp15–26°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Balky Point is a reef dive site near Cabo de Palos, Murcia, Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, octopus, sea turtles, nudibranchs, cuttlefish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Goldblotch GrouperEpinephelus costae
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Mediterranean JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Dusky GrouperEpinephelus marginatus
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Nearby sites
- 1Naranjito0.2 km
- 2Cabo de Palos Las Hormigas0.3 km
- 3Cala de la Escalerica1.0 km
- 4Cala Roja- Cabo de Palos1.0 km
- 5Cala Fria1.0 km
- 6Bajo de Fuera1.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org