Sporting Activities In Costa Blanca

Diving The Costa Blanca has been discovered by more and more divers in recent years attracted by the unspoiled underwater locations which has led to several commercial diving centres opening. The underwater life offers a wide variety of different species like moray eels, barracuda, rays, conger and scorpion fish, dolphins and sunfish can also be seen here at various times of the year. You can find underwater caves and caverns and explore recent but surprising wrecks. Multi-lingual diving courses are offered at Les Basetes, just to the north of Calpe.

Fishing The rivers and dams on the Costa Blanca offer excellent fishing with good stocks of Carp in the main reservoirs of Guadalest and Amadorio, These lakes also hold some very large Catfish and smaller predatory Black Bass which can be caught using spinners. Both lakes are less then 30 mins drive from Javea and Moraira.
When sea fishing you can expect to catch sea bream, bass and grey mullet and mackerel a couple of km off the coast. Tuna can be caught during the autumn and winter season. Fishing charters are available from all of the main ports on the coast.

A special angling license obtainable from branches of Caja/Caixa Rural Bank is required for fishing in reservoirs, rivers and estuaries of the Costa Blanca. There are both public and private waters on the Costa Blanca in Spain and you will need an additional permit to fish in some of them.

Horseriding Horseriding has a long tradition in Spain. Influenced by the Moors, a special kind of riding style has developed in Spain and is famous across the world. Whether you are a beginner or already an intermediate rider, you will find whatever suits you,

Club Hipic Benissa
Plaça Rei Jaume, 11
03720 Benissa
Telephone: 0034 965 731 832
Riding school and rides into the surrounding area

Los Caballos
Buscarrons Norte, 30
03779 El Poblets, Denia
Telephone: 0034 966 475 177
Swiss management, offering riding lessons and rides into the surroundings countryside.

Sailing and Windsurfing Catamarans and sailboards are available to hire from Les Basetes Nautical Club (which is one kilometre from Calpe). If you like windsurfing and dinghy sailing the summer winds are mostly thermals which peak in the late afternoon and die away completely in the evening. The thermals off Moraira, Javea and Calpe beaches average force 2.5 and rarely exceed force 4. There are also windsurfing schools in Calpe and Javea. Calpe Yacht Club has dinghies for hire.

Tennis The good climate and the long hours of sunshine mean Tennis is undoubtedly one of the most popular kinds of sports on the Costa Blanca with a wide selection of clubs along the coast.

JAVEA
Club de Tenis Los Pinos
Ctra. Cabo la Nao, Urb. Balcón al mar.
03730 - Jávea
Tel. 0034 96 577 0294
Fax. 0034 96 647 0226

Club de Tenis Xabia
Ctra. Cabo la Nao s/n. Playa del Arenal
03730 - Jávea
Tel. und Fax. 0034 96 579 0289
clubtenis@wanadoo.es

Club de Tenis L' Ancora
Avd. de París s/n.
03730 - Jávea
Tel. 0034 96 579 1010