Diving and Fishing
Explore Gibraltar’s spectacular underwater world with more than 30 wrecks, reefs and pinnacles to choose from. Gibraltar offers excellent sport for beginners, experienced open water and wreck divers. There are three established diving schools that offer diving opportunities. All provide equipment, so all you need is a swimsuit and a towel to participate. However, if you prefer to use your own diving equipment, there is no restriction for bringing it into Gibraltar.
For scuba divers there’s everything from “try a dive” to advanced instruction. There’s lots to see under-water, from ancient relics to wrecks and you can obtain scuba diving qualifications from the “NAUI”, “PADI” or “BSAC” schools in Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, set at the gateway of the Mediterranean, enjoys a temperate sea, giving the diversity of sea life one would expect in such water. With the constant influx of fresh water from the Atlantic Ocean, Gibraltar enjoys teeming marine life in a vibrant display of colours. You are likely to come across octopus, moray eels, plenty of bass, bream, sea mullet, sunfish nudibranch and a host of others along with rays and congers.
Seven Sisters, a collection of rocky pinnacles, close to the shore and suited to novice and experienced divers, has evolved over thousands of years to provide a home for a breathtaking array of corals and 165 different species of invertebrate. Visibility can be excellent making it great for underwater photography, and with long hot sunny days and mild evenings night diving is a must.
Another favourite reef is Europa Reef, found to the south of Gibraltar, where the adventurous diver can enjoy good reef diving with drop offs and caves. Roman and Phoenician anchors can still be seen scattered along the reef together with grouper meagers, and an abundance of marine life. Rosia Bay, where the flag ship HMS Victory brought Nelson’s body after the Battle of Trafalgar, provides a sheltered area with a sandy sea-bed for dive training and try dives.
DIVING SCHOOLS CONTACTS
| PADI Dive Centre 5 Star | |
| 4 Admiral's Walk Marina Bay Gibraltar |
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 (+ 350) 200 45649 |
 (+ 350) 200 45649 |
 www.divegib.g |
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 divegib@gibtelecom.net |
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| DIVE HIRE NAUI CENTRE | |
| 36B/36C Waterport Circle P O Box 537 Sheppard's Marina Gibraltar |
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| (+ 350) 200 73616 |
(+ 350) 200 73616 |
| www.divehire.co.uk |
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| divehire1st@gibtelecom.net |
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| ROCK MARINE | |
| The Square Marina Bay Gibraltar |
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| (+ 350) 200 73147 |
(+ 350) 200 74754 |
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| fred@gibnet.gi |
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Fishing
Well-equipped boats offer big game fishing for Bluefin Tuna, Broadbill Swordfish and various
shark, according to season. The environmentally considerate can catch, tag and release.
Gibraltar is a good catch for anglers due to the unique positioning of The Rock with the Atlantic merging into the Mediterranean via the Strait. There are good fighting fish to be had, like the Conger Eel, or tasty fish like the fourteen species of Bream. Book a fishing trip and discover this angler’s paradise first-hand.
BOAT & FISHING TRIPS CONTACTS
| THE ANGLING CENTRE | |
| Unit 20 Block 6 Watergardens Gibraltar |
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| (+ 350) 200 59988 |
(+ 350) 200 74537 |
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| cnwco@gibraltar.gi |
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| JALEX ANGLING AND SPORTS SPECIALISTS | |
| (+ 350) 200 78468 |
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| Fishing tackle specialists and providers of charter fishing trips. Include’s 'bottom fishing' on reefs around the Rock. | |
| BOAT TRIPS | |
| Watergardens Quay Waterport Wharf Road Gibraltar |
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| (+ 350) 200 70393. |
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| STRAITS FISHING | |
| (+ 350) 57274000 |
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| not available |
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