On Beach, the first dedicated search engine/ web-platform for beaches in the world, voted Cala Salada in San Antonio the second best beach in Europe. The popular beach came in second place behind s´Amarador in Mallorca, and in front of Baia de Rondinara in France, Praia de Sao Rafael in Portugal, and Porto Nuova in Italy. On beach describe Cala Salada as follow:
“CALA SALADA is situated in a natural environment. The buildings that are visible from the beach are authentic, period properties and very attractive. The natural beach environment consists of rocks and cliff faces and is stunningly beautiful. The sand is very fine and white. The beach appears to be clean. The seawater is a beautiful shade of light blue and is crystal clear. The water is very clean. CALA SALADA is not very long, and narrow. The beach is very flat. There are several places to eat and drink on the beach. The beach is easily accessible. There is good parking near the beach”.

The Blue Flag Programme (owned and run by the independent non-profit organisation, Foundation for Environmental Education, FEE) released the wordwide awards last week. Spain once again came out on top and offers holidaymakers the cleanest and safest beaches on the planet having been awarded 499 Blue Flags, in addition to a further 77 for its marinas.
A total of 61 beaches across the Balearics have been granted the prestigious flag including 18 in Ibiza. The award is an international symbol of quality, and has been bestowed on over 3,300 beaches and marinas in 36 countries across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, New Zealand, Canada and the Caribbean.
Beaches are awarded the flag through strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management, and safety and other services.
San Jose again has the most blue-flag beaches on the island with a total of six - Cala Tarida, Cala Conta, Cala Bassa, Cala D´Hort, Cala Migjorn (Salinas) and lastly, Cala Vadella, which is new to the list this year. This is followed by Santa Eulalia which can this year boast Cala Llenya, es Canar, Cala Llonga, Santa Eulalia beach and es Figueral. San Juan will have four - San Miguel, Cala San Vicent, Portinax and Benirras, whilst San Antonio is proud to have three - Cala Gracio, es Calo des Moro and es Pouet. Surprisingly Formentera do not boast any.

15,000 sun-beds (or “hamacas”) will be available this season on Ibiza beaches, most of them in place for the first time. Residents and tourist alike will now be able to enjoy a day at the beach from the comfort of their “hamacas” with the exception of Cala Moli.
The municipality with the most sun-beds is San Jose with a total of 6,118 followed by Santa Eularia with 3,744, and Formentera with 2,520.
Regulation on concessions is now much stricter and sticks to specific areas to ensure sun-beds do not take up all of the space on the beach leaving vast areas for bathers who wanted to use just their towel.
As always the price of a sun-bed on any beach will vary according to the area but €6 is set as the maximum this year.

Local fishermen will help out the Govern to collect jellyfish near by the coast of Ibiza.

Their association has been offered by the ministry for the environment a fee of 600 euros per day for every vessel taking part in the cleaning process as well as €1.50 per kilo of jellyfish recovered from the sea.

Jellyfish stings are the most common injury sustained by beach goers every year.

San Jose council (home of the most popular beaches in Ibiza) just introduced new rules which will apply during the bathing season. All staff working on the beaches – hiring sun-loungers, parasols and so on - will now have to wear a recognizable uniform.
For those who like to do a bit of sunbathing in peace and quiet will see music, parties, animals and also the most annoying game in the world Bat’n'Ball finally banned.
Special areas will be set aside for football, volleyball etc., even special competitions, but these will be away from the beaches. The council are backing up the new rules with fines of up to €3000 and the presence of a beach watchman who’ll make sure that they’re observed.

Ibiza could be one of the first holiday destination to be given to its beaches the international quality standard certification ISO 14.001 (a focused environmental management standard).

It would be an incredible good news, it would mean the beaches considered in the program will be finally cleaned from cigarettes butts and ordinary plastic bags and general rubbish left by irresponsible visitors. In total there are 16 beaches on the island entitled to fly the blue flag, but none has ever been awarded the ISO 14.001 so far.

We report the latest news of the Conseill Insular de Eivissa in regards of the cleaning tasks of the 3 beaches affected by the oil slick.

“The City council of Eivissa has informed about the reopening of the beaches of Talamanca and Figueretes. It means that, after the reopening of Playa d’en Bossa beach last Tuesday, the tourist resort directly affected by the fuel spill of the freight-carrying ship Don Pedro, it is back to its normality only 7 days after the sunk.
With respect to the small beach of s’Estanyol, in Santa Eulària, the area City council has informed that yesterday evening ordered its closing to facilitate the cleaning tasks of the rests of material coming from the Don Pedro, which had arrived at the beach. The City council has announced this morning that the works have finalized and that they are just waiting to reopen the beach to swimmers today as soon as the approval is received. (Show me more…)

We report the text of the Conseill Insular de Eivissa in regards of the cleaning tasks of the 3 beaches affected by the oil slick.

“The cleaning services of beaches are working thorough in 3 beaches affected by the hydrocarbon spill caused by the collapse of the Don Pedro Ship. The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Cristina Narbona, has visited this midday the affected beaches to verify the good operation of the collection tasks of the rest of fuel that arrives at the coast, and she has informed too that a total of 300 people is mobilized on earth, sea and air, who are working to diminish the impact of the incident. The Minister has visited beaches accompanied by the President of the Balearic Islands Government, Mr. Francesc Antich, by the President of the Consell Insular of Ibiza (local Government), Mr. Xico Tarrés; and by several other authorities of the different administrations involved.
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We’re having a rare season this year in Ibiza. After the closing of the major clubs for a month and the 4km oil slick threatening the coasts here another weird news. The owners of the six popular restaurants of ses Salinas and es Cavallet received last week a report called for their demolition. The proposal was released by the Environment Ministry concerned about the environmental conditions of the natural park of Ses Salinas. The establishments under threat are Guarana, Malibu, the Jockey Club and Sa Trinxa in ses Salinas and El Chiringuito and Chiringay in es Cavallet.
According to the report the establishments have a severely negative environmental effect on the coastal area and all have been partly built on public property, signifying their illegality.
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Spanish authorities have launched a clean up of waterborne rubbish off the Balearic islands. 40 specialist refuse boats have entered service and will patrol from one to four miles from the coast.
20 boats will be based in Majorca, nine in Minorca, nine in Ibiza and two in Formentera. Each boat is manned by a crew of two, who are directed by a spotter aircraft to areas where rubbish has accumulated.
The clean up, which is in its fourth summer of operation, will last until September. More than 200 tons of floating rubbish has been picked up each year, including wood, dead animals, builders rubble, and plastic bags.