Menorca
Lost a ring on a Menorca beach?
Maó and the south-east, Son Bou and the south coast, the coves of Ciutadella, and the north from Cala Morell round to Es Grau.
Menorca has two kinds of beach, and the kind you were on shapes the search. Son Bou, Cala Galdana and Punta Prima are resort beaches with lifeguards and services close by. Macarella, Cala en Turqueta and Cala Pregonda are unspoilt coves (platges verges) with a walk at the end. A ring lost on either can often be found, because the Mediterranean has very little tide and a ring in sand tends to stay where it fell. What decides it is how closely you can mark the spot.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewellery recovery service that works with experienced local metal detectorists to search for a ring, wedding band, watch or phone lost in Menorca. We have searched in Spain before.
Tell us what happened and where. We choose an experienced detectorist who knows that beach or cove, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
How a search works in Menorca
Before you leave the beach, drop a pin on your phone and take two photos, one looking inland and one out to sea, with something fixed in the frame such as a lifeguard post or a rock. At a cove with no sunbeds, note which end of the sand you were on. If the item went over the side of a boat, ask the skipper for the GPS position and the depth. Then send us the pin and a photo of the item on WhatsApp. You can be back home by the time the search happens.
We choose an experienced detectorist who knows your beach or cove, and your pin and photos are passed on before anyone sets out.
Places we cover in Menorca
- Maó (Mahón) and its port
- Es Castell and Cales Fonts
- Punta Prima
- Binibèquer (Binibeca)
- Cala en Porter
- Son Bou and its dunes
- Sant Tomàs
- Cala Galdana
- Macarella and Macarelleta
- Cala en Turqueta
- Son Saura (Es Banyul and Bellavista)
- Ciutadella
- Cala en Blanes
- Cala en Bosc
- Cala Morell
- Arenal d'en Castell
- Son Parc (Arenal de Son Saura)
- Fornells
- Cala Pregonda
- Es Grau, the Sa Gola dunes and the S'Albufera des Grau walks
Where rings and jewellery go missing around Menorca
The harbour towns of the east, the long beaches of the south, the walk-in coves near Ciutadella and the bays of the north.
Maó, Es Castell, Punta Prima and Binibèquer
The port of Maó (Mahón) is more than 5 kilometres long, with Es Castell and its small fishing port of Cales Fonts at the entrance. Anything dropped from a quay here is work for a diver. South of Maó, Punta Prima is 200 metres of white sand, 75 metres wide, over a seabed of rock and Posidonia. Binibèquer (Binibeca on many signs) is 400 metres of fine white sand with shallow water and a summer beach bar.
Cala en Porter, Son Bou and Sant Tomàs
Son Bou is the longest sandy beach on Menorca at 2,400 metres, with shallow water, a large dune system behind it and a wetland beyond the dunes. On a beach that long, a pin is worth more than any description. Cala en Porter is a deep cove between high cliffs, 150 metres long and 200 metres wide, with fine white sand. Sant Tomàs, about 5 kilometres from Es Migjorn Gran, is around 500 metres of fine sand with sun loungers and a beach watch service.
Cala Galdana, Macarella and Macarelleta
Cala Galdana, 8 kilometres from Ferreries, is a resort beach 350 metres long and 40 metres wide, white sand with shallow water and lifeguards. Macarella, the next bay along, is an unspoilt cove under cliffs covered in pines. Ciutadella town hall gives it as 140 metres long and 40 metres wide, with lifeguards from June to September and a bar in summer. Macarelleta, about 10 minutes on foot from Macarella, is 40 metres long and has no lifeguard. From 1 June to 30 September the Macarella car park is closed to private vehicles and a bus runs from Ciutadella. The other ways in are by bicycle or on foot, along the Camí de Cavalls coast path.
Cala en Turqueta and Son Saura
Ciutadella town hall gives Cala en Turqueta as 100 metres long and 30 metres wide, fine white sand. Its car park has limited spaces and lies 900 metres from the beach, and bus line 68 runs there. Son Saura, 12.6 kilometres from Ciutadella, is two beaches in one bay, Es Banyul to the west at 200 metres and Bellavista to the east at 320 metres. That car park has limited spaces too, and bus line 66 runs from May to October.
Ciutadella, Cala en Blanes, Cala en Bosc and Cala Morell
Cala en Blanes, 4 kilometres from Ciutadella, is a narrow inlet with a patch of sand 30 metres long and 50 metres wide, sunbeds for hire and two summer beach bars. Cala en Bosc is 90 metres by 50 metres of fine white sand beside a marina. Cala Morell, 9 kilometres to the north, has a little sand, bathing platforms along the rocks and no lifeguard.
Arenal d'en Castell, Son Parc, Fornells, Cala Pregonda and Es Grau
Arenal d'en Castell is a round bay with more than 600 metres of fine sand, sheltered by Punta Grossa. Son Parc has more than 200 metres of fine golden sand below a dune system. Fornells is a fishing village on its own bay, with a small port. Cala Pregonda has red sand, and the walk from the car park at Binimel·la takes about 30 minutes. Es Grau, on the east coast, is a shallow, calm bay inside the S'Albufera des Grau natural park, around a lagoon 2 kilometres long. Short marked walks start from the park's visitor centre, to a viewpoint over the lagoon, to a bird hide and round the Sa Gola channel and the dunes of Es Grau beach.
What Ring Seekers does for a loss in Menorca
One conversation on WhatsApp
You tell the story once, to one person, who stays with it until the search is over, including after your flight home.
Your map and photos reach the detectorist
The pin, the two photos and a picture of the item are passed on before anyone sets out, so the search starts on the right patch of sand.
Honest when the odds are poor
A ring lost over rock and Posidonia at Punta Prima, or somewhere along the 2,400 metres of Son Bou with no pin, is hard to find. We tell you that in the first reply.
We know how this sand and sea behave
The sea here has very little tide, so a well marked spot keeps its value for days. Ciutadella's beaches change size with the winter storms, so a summer loss is best searched before then.
Costs explained first
We explain the costs before any search is booked.
Sand, sea and seagrass in Menorca
How the two coasts differ and how the sea behaves.
Fine sand, rock and a sea with very little tide
The Balearic tourism site describes the south coast as fine white sand below cliffs, and the north as wilder, with colder water. Fine sand with shallow water suits a detector. At Punta Prima the seabed is rock and Posidonia, and on rock a ring is found by eye with a mask. The Mediterranean has very little tide, so there is no low water to wait for. Rings mostly come off in the water, where cold and sun cream loosen them. Ciutadella town hall notes that the size of its beaches varies with the winter storms, so a summer loss is best searched before then.
Posidonia on the shore
Ciutadella town hall states that 85 percent of the sand on its beaches comes from organisms living in the Posidonia meadows. Dead seagrass is left on the shore, and on urban beaches the banks are not cleared between 31 October and 15 March. A search works around them.
Want a first idea of your chances? Try the lost ring recovery calculator.
Questions about Menorca
I lost my wedding ring at Son Bou. Can a beach that long be searched?
Yes, if you can narrow the spot down. Son Bou is 2,400 metres long, so a lost wedding ring is only findable with a pin or a clear landmark, such as the access path you used, or how far back into the dunes you had walked.
I lost a ring at Macarella or Macarelleta. How would a detectorist get there in summer?
The Macarella car park is closed to private vehicles for the summer. In 2026 that started on 1 June, with a bus from Ciutadella. The other ways in are on foot or by bicycle. Send us the pin and say which end of the sand you were on.
My Oura ring or watch came off in the sea at Cala en Turqueta or Son Saura. Is a search worth trying?
Often yes. A lost Oura ring or a watch gives a detector a clear signal, and Cala en Turqueta is only 100 metres of fine white sand. Son Saura is two beaches, Es Banyul and Bellavista, so tell us which. Say that you mean the one near Ciutadella, because the beach at Son Parc is called Arenal de Son Saura too.
I dropped my phone or sunglasses in the port of Maó, at Es Castell or in Fornells. Can you help?
Possibly, with a diver. The port of Maó is more than 5 kilometres long, so the exact quay or mooring matters. A phone or metal-framed sunglasses give a detector a signal under water, and plastic frames have to be spotted by eye.
I lost an earring or a bracelet at Cala Galdana or Cala en Porter. What are the chances?
Fair on the sand, if you can place it. Cala Galdana is 350 metres long and 40 metres wide. Cala en Porter is 150 metres long and 200 metres wide, so tell us how far from the water you were sitting. An earring or a thin bracelet gives a faint signal, which is slow work even for a detectorist.
I lost a ring at Cala Pregonda or Es Grau. Is a search worth trying?
It depends on how well the spot is marked. Cala Pregonda is about 30 minutes on foot from the car park at Binimel·la, so the detectorist needs an exact spot before setting out. At Es Grau, say whether it was on the beach, in the dunes by the Sa Gola channel or on one of the park walks.
Menorca
Lost something in Menorca? Pin the spot and send it to us
Which beach or cove, which end of it, what time, sand or water or boat, and a photo of what you lost.
The sea here barely rises or falls, so a spot marked with care keeps its value for days. Tell the lifeguards if the beach has them, then send us the pin and the details on WhatsApp.