Spearfishing is new territory for the channel’s author, and he decided to start not with a dive but with the rulebook. He read through Spain’s regulations and made himself a short cheat sheet — the key points, read out loud in the video. We’ve turned that cheat sheet into text: what’s worth knowing before you pick up a speargun and head into the sea. This is a compressed recap, not a legal document — for exact, current figures check the site’s rules and sizes sections.

License, medical check, and allowed gear

To spearfish in Spain you need a license, issued by the authority of the autonomous community in whose waters you plan to hunt. Requirements can differ from region to region — details are in the rules section. Getting the license requires a medical certificate confirming physical fitness: the check-up covers weight, height, blood pressure, eyesight, and ears, plus questions about chronic conditions. It’s a routine, quick procedure.

As for gear, only spearguns are allowed — pneumatic guns and crossbows. Explosives, “blaster”-type devices, and anything the author describes as sniper-rifle-grade gear are banned, and so are scuba tanks: hunting is breath-hold only. Another mandatory rule: every diver must tow a marker buoy showing their position, and stay within 25 metres of it.

When and where you can’t hunt

Spearfishing is allowed only during daylight — from sunrise to sunset, and it’s forbidden at night. Zones near ports, beaches, swimming areas, and artificial reefs are off-limits, and some spots carry extra protected status where hunting is banned outright — check current boundaries on our zone map before you go. Another rule the author says gets broken constantly in practice: staying roughly 250 metres from fishing boats and other anglers. In the video he describes a telling example — a steep shoreline right in town, where the water meets the rocks and hunters’ buoys cross so tightly packed that the distance clearly isn’t being kept.

How much you can take — and what happens to the catch

Minimum legal sizes apply to different species — check the exact list in the sizes section; the video names specific figures for dorada and a couple of other species, but that’s a topic for a separate, more precise breakdown, not a short note. The daily catch limit is up to 5 kg of fish plus one “trophy”: a trophy is any fish over 5 kg. There’s also a separate list of species that can’t be taken at all — rare and endangered ones — which the author deliberately skips in a short video. And the key point: any catch from recreational spearfishing is for personal consumption only, selling it is not allowed.

Breaking the rules can mean fines, confiscated gear, and in serious cases losing the license altogether — the severity depends on the violation. The official regulations are far more detailed than this cheat sheet, but in the author’s view, these are the essentials worth keeping in mind before heading out to sea.