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Port of Estepona

Estepona's port is both a marina and a fishing harbour. The marina has 483 berths: 36 belonging to the Real Club Náutico and 447 to Marinas del Mediterráneo, along with a nautical-style complex of restaurants and shops. The fishing side is still active, and fishing is one of the pillars of the local economy. The purse seiners, or traíñas, set out at dusk, fish through the night and arrive at dawn to sell in the morning at the fish market. The trawlers and the trammel net, handline and longline boats leave at dawn and return before sunset; their fish is auctioned in the afternoon, between 17:30 and 19:00. From the quay you can watch the daily work, and the port lies next to the seafront promenade and a few metres from the Punta Doncella lighthouse.

Things to do at Port of Estepona: 3 missions

• Attend the afternoon fish auctionArrive at the fish market between 17:30 and 19:00 and watch how the fish from the trawlers and small-scale boats is sold.
• Stroll among the boats in the marinaWalk along the open jetties and quays of the marina, looking at the moored boats.
• Spot a purse seiner at the fishing quayWalk along the fishing quay and spot the purse-seine boats, the traíñas, that fish at night and come in at dawn.

Near Port of Estepona

Source: Web oficial - Turismo Estepona (puerto pesquero)