Tourists warned that having sex on popular Ibiza beach is destroying sand dunes

Landscape of Es Cavallet beach in Ibiza, Spain

It may be the most well-known nudist beach in Ibiza, but visitors to es Cavallet have been warned against doing the no pants dance for the sake of the environment.

Geologists and biologists have urged tourists to bump uglies somewhere other than the popular beach – known as the world mecca for strangers engaging in casual sex –  because it is degrading the sand dune-filled landscape.

Biologist Joan Carles Palerm said this type of activity at es Cavallet is fatally affecting the beach, as it causes “the disbanding of the dunes and the breaking of their structures”.

“In the coast always blows a wind called embat, which goes from sea to land,” he told Diario de Mallorca.

“In the first line, there are small plants, such as molinet, which they are able to resist that wind and the consequent movement of earth that causes in the ground.

“They are species that live very little time, but their short existence is vital for the dune system, because when the embat reaches the dunes, it rises thanks to them.”

However, Palerm said those to who engage in sexual activities on the dunes can destroy the defensive structure provided by the vegetation, which leads to soil erosion.

Geologist Xisco Roig said the relentless sexual activity at es Cavallet is doing no favours for the recovery for the sand dunes

The bustle of people and sexual activities is continuous, which does not favour the recovery of the sandbar of the dune system in the Ses Salines area.

“[It causes] the sand to be compacted and, consequently, innumerable roads are created,” he told Diario de Mallorca.

Francesc Xavier Roig, a doctor in geography and geology, criticised the many visitors who jump the “the barriers that delimit the inaccessible areas and the traps of sedimentary retention” on a daily basis.

The report by Diario de Mallorca says that while campaigns have been done in the past warning people not to pass or rest on the dunes, they have been met with conflict.

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