Platja de l'Arenal

Shelter by wind direction

Good shelter in north (tramontana), north-east and north-west wind.

Partial shelter in west wind.

No shelter in east, south-east (sirocco), south and south-west wind.

In the most open sector, up to 30 NM of open water towards the south-east.

Swell can come in from east-south-east to south-west (112°–224°).

Shelter is estimated from open water and swell, not from wind strength: a strong wind can still gust over the land.

Seabed, depth and room

Seabed: posidonia and sand.

Sand share corrected from satellite imagery.

Good holding.

Depth near the anchoring spot: about 3.3 m (EMODnet bathymetry, indicative).

Room to anchor: large (about 54.7 ha).

Approach

Direct approach from open water; the routing point lies 0.1 NM from the anchoring spot.

Protected area and seagrass

Posidonia seagrass is present: drop the anchor on sand only.

Ashore and services

Sandy beach.

Road within 400 m: busy in the afternoon.

Built-up shore (105 buildings within 600 m).

A good gateway to visit the island.

A remarkable site can be reached from here.

A village is a quarter of an hour away without a vehicle.

Within reach:

• Calp: 92 restaurants, bars or cafés, 14 min on foot
• City Walls of Calp: 49 restaurants, bars or cafés, 19 min on foot
• Penyal d'Ifac Natural Park: 21 min by road
• El Montgó Natural Park: 64 min by road

Where to go when the wind turns

When the wind makes this place exposed, the nearest places rated as well sheltered are:

• In east wind: Port of Calp, 1.6 NM by sea.
• In south-east wind: Port of Calp, 1.6 NM by sea.
• In south wind: Port of Calp, 1.6 NM by sea.
• In south-west wind: Port of Calp, 1.6 NM by sea.
• In west wind: Puerto Blanco, 0.6 NM by sea.

Nearby anchorages and ports

• Puerto Blanco marina · 0.6 NM by sea
• Cala les Urques cove · 0.9 NM by sea
• Port of Calp marina · 1.6 NM by sea
• Cala del Racó del Corb cove · 2.3 NM by sea
• Les Basetes marina · 2.6 NM by sea
• Platja del Mascarat cove · 2.6 NM by sea

This place is on an odyssey

• Two weeks to the Costa Blanca from Ibiza
• All odysseys: Balearic Islands

Sheltered anchorages of Costa Blanca and Murcia by wind

• Sheltered from the tramontana (north)
• Sheltered from the gregale (north-east)
• Sheltered from the levante (east)
• Sheltered from the sirocco (south-east)
• Sheltered from the ostro (south)
• Sheltered from the libeccio (south-west)
• Sheltered from the ponente (west)
• Sheltered from the mistral (north-west)

More places – Calp

• Cap d'Or cove
• Platja de l'Ampolla cove
• Club Náutico Moraira marina
• Platja de la Calalga cove