Explore: Ibiza
General Info
The city of Ibiza is located on a hill on the southeastern side of the island and is surrounded by impressive fortifications. It offers a colourful ambience with its narrow lanes. Before June and after September, when the riotous nightclubs are closed, this is a quiet place with a real Mediterranean feel.
Position 38° 54.09’N, 01° 26.42’E (Puerto Ibiza Harbour)
Position 38° 58.49’N, 01° 32.13’E (Santa Eulalia harbour)
Position 38° 58.27’N, 01° 17.43’E. (San Antonio harbour)
Clearance
This is a Port of Entry.
See the Noonsite/Spain/Formalities page for details of clearance.
Last updated September 2016.
Docking
Marinas
There are several marinas on Ibiza; see entries below.
Anchoring
The area between the breakwater and Marina Botafoch is designated and marked as “No Anchoring”. This rule is now being more rigorously enforced and boats are being fined if they ignore this rule.
The only area anchoring is allowed is below the cathedral in Ibiza Town, but this is uncomfortable at any time and untenable with any weather from the southern sector. It’s beneath a cliff, so to access the town by dinghy, you will need to go around the western breakwater, into the inner harbour.
Cruisers have reported being removed from the anchorage on the East side of the harbour and were told that nobody was now allowed to use the anchorage on the West side under the Cathedral either. Please let us know updates if you try anchoring here.
Cruisers have posted comments at the bottom of the page about other anchorages around the Island of Ibiza.
Other Moorings/Anchorages
There are several bays around the island (including Es Oalmador and Salinas) which have official mooring buoys/floating pontoons run by Ports IB.
These can be booked in advance via the website – www.portsib.es. You need to register first which can be a problem if using Internet Explorer. Mozilla / Firefox works better. You will need to attach a scanned copy of the ship’s registration to the form.
Puerto de San Antonio
Puerto de San Antonio is on the NW coast of Ibiza and is the other major harbour on the Island. It is a serious tourist destination, although in the Spring and Autumn is a nice place to visit. You can anchor in the bay free of charge off-season, however approx. 80 mooring buoys are deployed by Club Nautico San Antonio (Es Nautic) for the summer, which greatly reduces available space for anchoring.
The mooring buoys, like in most of the Balearics, are in use by 1st June. Yachts at anchor are normally evicted by mid to end of May. The mooring buoys cover the area sheltered by the harbour wall. Buoys tend to be completely booked throughout the summer (probably by charter companies).
To try and obtain a mooring for the night, the process is to call Es Nautic on the day you want to visit, by 0900 (Tel: 971 340645 – they speak good English), or e-mail [email protected]
You will then be added to the waiting list and will receive a call by 13.30 to confirm (or not) your allocation of a buoy. The nightly charge includes a water taxi, use of the Club’s facilities and free Cava in the Club.
It is also possible to berth at the Club Nautico marina or at the IB pontoons. Both the marinas suffer from movement of traffic in the bay.
Last updated May 2016.
