The Murcia Scuba Diving Club is based on the 5 star Mar Menor Golf Resort near Los Alcazares is just a few kilometres from the historic city of Cartagena.

The Mar Menor Golf Resort is a secure gated complex surrounded by a championship golf course. The resort offers accommodation in rental villas and the 5 star Intercontinental Hotel, with communal swimming pools, gymnasium, bars, and a number of restaurants. The resort also has a hair dressers, beauty salon, spa, supermarket, banking facilities and a medical centre.

This area of south-eastern Spain has good all year round temperatures and climate, so enabling outdoor living and relaxation. The average temperature over the year is 25 degrees Centigrade. Daytime temperatures of 12 deg in Winter to 40 deg peak in Summer.  Water temperatures range from 26 degrees in Summer down to 14 degrees in the Winter.

The resort is ideal as a starting point to explore this part of Spain. Access is easy as San Javier( Murcia) airport is ten minutes away by car. Alicante airport is only fifty minutes drive using the AP7 autovia (motorway). The historic Moorish city of Cartagena is only 20 mins drive along the motorway. The expanding capital city of the region, Murcia is 30 minutes drive. To be able to see all that Murcia has to offer a car is essential. See recommended car hire links.

The Mar Menor (Little Sea) boasts safe sandy beaches. Los Narejos is an excellent beach to tranquil waters holding a "Blue Flag" for cleanliness and safety. If you are in need of waves for surfing and excitement then go north to Pilar de Horadada or Guardamar and swim in the waters of the Mediterranean. At the northern point of Mar Menor you can have fun taking a bath or treatment in mineral rich mud at San Pedro. At the southern end of the Mar Menor you can sample a wide choice of fish and crustacean menus in the village of Cabo de Palos. This area is where you will find the best diving, especially in the Isal Hormigas Marine Reserve.

The 'Warm Coast', Costa Calida lives up to its name and its reputation. But although it indeed does have excellent weather, and some quite beautiful beaches, Costa Calida is also a region that remains, in some parts at least, relatively untouched by the concrete hand of tourism. 

The area is steeped in fascinating history, and offers a truly Spanish lifestyle. The region's capital is the ancient city of Murcia. Founded in 831 by the Moors, who irrigated the plains around the River Segura, Murcia today is a very busy and thriving commercial city with a small town like feel, boasting a multitude of cathedrals, palaces and other grand public buildings adorning its narrow streets. Less 'touristy' than the other major population centres of Spain, you can expect and to be eating, with the friendly Murcians, wonderfully authentic tapas in pleasant local bars in quiet squares. 

On the coast southeast from Murcia is the remarkable Mar Menor, with its natural breakwater, known as the La Manga strip, which forms a huge, warm and shallow lagoon. With 320 sunny days a year, miles of gorgeous beaches dotted with almond and palm trees and water sports galore on offer, it's extremely popular for family holidays. The Spaniards flock there during the summer, not least because the 'healing' mud of Mar Menor bay reputedly has powers to relieve rheumatic arthritis and various skin conditions. At 2,300 years old, the port city of Cartagena can boast a history as proud as any European city. Indeed, only recently the remains of a 1st century Roman theatre were discovered nearby its 13th century church. This heritage is reflected with the beautiful buildings and museums to be found here, but also with its natural harbour. Please go to the Murcia Tourist Board for further information about the Murcia region.