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Country: Spain Area: Spain
Water Temp: 12 - 24°C (54 - 75°F)
Visibility: 5 - 25m (16 - 82 ft)
Depth Range: 8 - 35m (26 - 115 ft)
Book A Diving Trip OnlineMataró is only 20 minutes from Barcelona, with a nice big beach and nice old commercial downtown, especially in La Riera, and Barcelona streeet.
Book A Dive Center OnlineYou can also go for a quiet walk in Mataró’s downtown, which also is city’s commercial center.
Mataró is famous-* for its “Barres de Mataró”. Barres de Mataró are different rock bars parallel to the coast (NE/SW), which offers more than 20 dive sites at different depths (8 meters to 33 meters). These rock bars are ancient coast lines, and hosts a big variety of Mediterranean Sealive like Eagle Rays, Octopuses, Moray Eels, Conger Eels, Scorpion Fishes, Nudibranches, Groupers, Lobsters, Crabs, Cuttleflishes, etc.
Diving Mataro, Spain, Credit
Mediterranean weather is usually sunny all year around, mainly in spring, summer and autum.
Water temperature is around 20-23º C from July to October, 17-20º C May, June & December, 12-17º C January to April.
On Season is from May to November.
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Les Santes (8-12m) - Statue of Mataró’s virgins (Santa Juliana and Santa Semproniana), big anchor and sealife like octopuses, cuttlefishes, nudibranches, etc.
Mataro underwater, Credit
La Matella (8-15m) Can see Octopuses, cuttlefishes, nudibranches, moray eels, etc.
Ancaman (15m) Octopuses, cuttlefishes, nudibranches, moray eels, conger eels, etc.
Torre Ferrera (15-17m) Octopuses, cuttlefishes, nudibranches, moray eels, eagle rays, lobsters, tuna, etc.
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El Pont del Petroli (0-12m) - Beach dive site where you can dive under an old bridge that was used to download petrol from petrol boats. Can see Octopuses, cuttlefishes, plain fishes, seahorses.
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Mataró is a small town only 20 minutes from Barcelona.
You can arrive to Mataró from Barcelona by train or bus (30 mins).
A street in Mataro, Credit
Nearests international airports are : Barcelona (El Prat) (45 mins) and Girona (45mins)
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Mataró Port and beach are very close to diving center, with lots of Bars and Restaurants. If you prefer eating seafood and catalan dishes like tapes, crema catalana, pa amb tomaquet, etc. a bar/ restaurant called 'Chiringuitos' is the place for you.
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Visiting Burriac’s castle (Cabrera de Mar), visiting Mataró’s downtown, etc.
Church in Mataro, Credit
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Mataró is very safe and comfortable. Catalan people is usually very friendly (although not everybody speaks english fluently.)
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