Ibiza beach clubs: by coast, by hour and how to book as a group

Ten to nine, late June, Cala Comte. The cushion on the daybed is still warm from the afternoon and the parasol is folded. The sun is a finger above the water and goes into the sea at 21:23. From the rock above the beaches, where Sunset Ashram sits, the music of the afternoon still carries. Periódico de Ibiza calls it the finest sunset on the island.

On the far side of the island, at Santa Eulària, that same sun came out of the sea at 06:29. The coast decides what kind of day you get, and the hour decides the club. So the ten beach clubs below follow the clock, as one day across the island, each with the hour you arrive and the position of the sun at that hour. Almost all of them are seasonal: they open in spring and close in October, so in winter their sites say “closed until 2027”. Only Nassau, on Playa d'en Bossa, also opens in winter, on Fridays and Sundays. Ibiza keeps Central European Summer Time, one hour ahead of the UK, so a sunset at 21:23 on the island is 20:23 in London. The times are those of the 2026 season, taken from the club's own site wherever possible.

Which coast of Ibiza has the sunset?

The west coast. In summer the sun does not set due west on Ibiza but in the north-west: at 302 degrees on 21 June, at 289 degrees in mid-August. Cala Comte, Cala Bassa and the bay of Sant Antoni face that way. The east coast sees the sun rise, at 58 degrees in June. The south coast has sun all afternoon, but it only sees the sunset from a headland that points west, such as Cap des Falcó near Ses Salines.

Later in the summer the sunset moves towards the west and comes earlier: mid-September at 20:03, almost due west.

Which Ibiza beach club suits which hour of the day?

The morning belongs to the south coast, lunch to the east, the late afternoon to the south again and the sunset to the west. Below is the day of 21 June as a clock: at each hour the position of the sun, in degrees from north and in degrees above the horizon, and the club that suits that hour. The numbers are those on the map. Where several clubs share an hour, pick one: the island is small, but a day has only one lunch.

1. 11:00Sun in the east, 99 degrees, 50 degrees high

   1Jockey Club, Ses Salines

   A beach pavilion for breakfast and a long lunch, and the earliest of the ten: in season it is open from 11:00 to 19:00, with breakfast until 12:30 and the kitchen from 12:30 to 18:00. The pavilion has stood on the south coast, in the Ses Salines nature park, since 1993, and it was already in our first version of this article in 2017. The Jockey Club site now says “closed until 2027”: the winter break, with the doors opening again in 2027.

   If you want to start earlier, or Jockey Club is full, Blue Marlin, also on the south coast, at Cala Jondal, serves breakfast in its Lounge from 10:00 to 12:00 in season, with no reservation, according to the Blue Marlin FAQ. At 10:00 the sun is due east, 38 degrees high, and the whole south coast is already in the light.

2. 12:00Sun in the south-east, 114 degrees, 61 degrees high

   2Aiyanna, Cala Nova

   Aiyanna sits on the beach of Cala Nova near Es Canar, on the east coast, and in season it is open every day from 12:00 to 23:00. If you want to start earlier, book a yoga class with a healthy breakfast buffet afterwards; reservations go through its own site. According to the Aiyanna site the doors open again in spring 2027.

   3Amante, Sol d'en Serra

   Amante is more a restaurant by the sea than a party club: a terrace on the cliff above the pebble bay of Sol d'en Serra, near Cala Llonga, with a view as far as Formentera and a Mediterranean kitchen built on produce from the island. You walk from your table to the water. There is yoga with breakfast from Monday to Friday, and the 2026 season ran until 25 October, according to the Amante site. Groups above eight book by email, and with small children the club seats you at a table that suits their age.

   4Nikki Beach, Santa Eulària

   Nikki Beach means live music, and after the refit there are cabanas, Ibiza Spotlight wrote when the 2026 season opened. The restaurant in s'Argamassa, on the east coast, is open from 12:00 to 18:00 and the beach and pool until 19:00; the 2026 season closed on 10 and 11 October. Families are welcome in the restaurant and on the beach; the pool and the sunbeds are for adults only. The club strongly recommends a reservation, though under the Nikki Beach door policy it does not guarantee entry.

3. 14:00Sun in the south, 183 degrees, 74 degrees high

   The highest point of the day. There is almost no shade left beside a parasol, and this is the hour to stay where you are lying, not to drive to the next bay. Or to swim: the photo of Floris Baas at Cala Benirràs, at the top, was taken at 15:12.

4. 16:00Sun in the south-west, 248 degrees, 60 degrees high

   5Nassau Beach Club, Playa d'en Bossa

   Playa d'en Bossa, the long beach south of Ibiza Town, is the busiest beach club strip on the island: of the seventeen clubs in the overview of spring openings that Ibiza Spotlight made in March 2026, six lay on this beach. Nassau sits right on the water. The afternoon here is about music: DJs with a resident saxophonist and violinist who play over the beats, and a Mediterranean kitchen at the table. The 2026 summer season opened on 28 March, and unlike the rest Nassau does not close for winter: the Nassau site lists an afternoon from 13:00 every Friday and Sunday until the end of March 2027, with Back to the 80s on Fridays and a family afternoon on Sundays. A table in the restaurant is yours for two hours.

1. 17:00Sun in the west, 262 degrees, 48 degrees high

   6Blue Marlin, Cala Jondal

   Blue Marlin is for the group that wants the afternoon to run on, with DJs of name: on the 2026 opening weekend Pete Tong and Saraga were among those playing. On event days the party starts around 17:00 and lasts until 23:00; from Thursday to Sunday the disco opens indoors after that. Children are welcome until 20:00. On busy days you book, and anyone who wants a table in the VIP Lounge after 17:00 from Thursday to Sunday has a minimum spend. The 2026 season ran from 25 April to 4 October.

   Around this hour comes the change of the day, from the water to the table, and some clubs ask for sleeves there. Ugo Roma, on 22 August 2019 at 17:12:

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1. Venice Cocktailpink with a cocktail print, quick-dry peach polyester
2. Long-sleeved linen shirtfor the table, where clubs ask for sleeves

Ambassador Ugo Roma on 22 August 2019 at 17:12, in the Venice Cocktail with a white linen shirt over it, on a wooden terrace above the sea. Where it was is not in the camera.

1. 18:00Sun in the west, 272 degrees, 37 degrees high

   7Experimental Beach, Cap des Falcó

   Experimental Beach is on the south coast, but on a headland that faces west, which is why it has the sunset. You reserve sunset beds from 18:00 to 20:00 and day beds between 10:00 and 13:00. You are also welcome without a reservation, which suits a group that decides on the day. The club closed on 19 October 2026 and reopens in spring 2027, says the Experimental Beach site.

2. 19:00Sun in the west, 281 degrees, 25 degrees high

   8Sunset Ashram, Cala Comte

   Sunset Ashram sits on the rock above the beaches of Cala Comte, some fifteen metres above the sand. In the afternoon a DJ plays, festive without taking over. Arrive after 17:30, the advice of Periódico de Ibiza in June 2026: then you find a space in the car park and still have the sunset ahead of you. You reserve a table in advance; without one you stand, and those places fill quickly. Mind the name: type sunsetashram.com and you now land at Sunset Cala Conta, on the same Carretera de Cala Conta, and that is where you book your table.

3. 20:00Sun in the west, 289 degrees, 14 degrees high

   9Cotton Beach Club, Cala Tarida

   Cotton Beach Club sits on Cala Tarida, on the west coast south of Cala Comte, and is made for this hour: Ibiza Spotlight lists a DJ every day, sushi and cocktails at sunset. From June to September the beach is open from 11:00 to 19:00 and the restaurant from 13:00 until late; in June the club is closed on Tuesdays. The 2026 season began on 1 April, according to the Cotton Beach Club site. Up to eight people book online; a larger group or a sunbed on the beach you arrange by email.

4. Before 21:23Sun in the north-west, 298 degrees at 21:00, still 3 degrees high

   10Cala Bassa Beach Club, Cala Bassa

   Cala Bassa looks out to the north-west, where the sun sets at 21:23 on 21 June, and that is why the day ends here. Cala Bassa Beach Club, CBbC for short, opened the 2026 season in three steps: the Chiringo for breakfast and lunch on 27 March, the heart of the club on 24 April and the Italian Portobello at the end of the beach on 15 May, reported Noudiari. You can have lunch here too, but the reason to come last is the music that goes down with the sun. Reservations go by email or telephone, through cbbcgroup.com.

From 11:00 to after sunset is a long day in one pair of shorts, and the hour that counts is the one after the swim. Benjamin wore the light pink Venice Ice from Sanwin Beachwear at 19:34 in the evening sun and again the next morning by the pool. The peach polyester dries quickly after a swim, so you walk from the sea to your daybed, and an hour later in the same shorts to the terrace. The change for the beach bar fits in the inside pocket.

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How do you book an Ibiza beach club as a group?

Book ahead in July and August, and check the rules for your group size before you pay anything. The clubs in this list differ more than their websites suggest. Cotton Beach Club takes up to eight people online and handles larger groups by email. Amante does the same above eight. Blue Marlin treats groups of 40 or more as a private event, with half the payment confirming the booking and the rest due a month before, and any VIP table is paid in advance against its minimum spend. Nikki Beach strongly recommends a reservation, but entry is not guaranteed with or without one. Experimental Beach is the exception, because it welcomes you without a reservation.

For a stag weekend that means one booked anchor and the rest on the day. Take Experimental Beach at 18:00 for the sunset, a table you have booked at Cotton Beach Club or Sunset Cala Conta, and leave the afternoon open. Nassau keeps a table in its restaurant for two hours, so plan the order of your day around that.

What should you wear to an Ibiza beach club?

A swim short by day, a shirt with sleeves at the table: that is what the clubs ask for themselves. Nikki Beach calls it beach chic resort wear and asks men in the restaurant and at the bar for a shirt with sleeves; hoods, sweatpants and athletic wear are not allowed, and dining in swimwear is not permitted. Blue Marlin keeps to smart casual and allows no flip-flops in the VIP area. For the other eight clubs in this list we found no dress code on their own sites.

If you plan your day across two coasts, put a linen shirt and shoes that are not flip-flops in the beach bag. A print that sits next to white linen is among the Venice swim shorts; if you prefer plain, choose from all our swim shorts for men. Reading this in November and wanting the sea instead? Where the water is still warm in winter is in our guide to sea temperature in December.

Which Ibiza beach clubs from 2017 are still open in 2026?

All five beach clubs from our 2017 list still exist in 2026: Jockey Club, Kumharas, Tropicana, Nikki Beach and Sunset Ashram, whose tables you now book through Sunset Cala Conta. Four of the five still carry exactly the same name. Kumharas, the sunset bar on the bay of Sant Antoni, opened its season on 21 March 2026 and in July became the Balearic ambassador of Corona Sunset Spots, according to Ibiza Spotlight. Tropicana in Cala Jondal, open since May 1988, has the same winter break as Jockey Club: closed until 2027. Nikki Beach closed its season on 10 and 11 October 2026.

With the fifth, Sunset Ashram, the old site now leads to Sunset Cala Conta, while Periódico de Ibiza still calls the place Sunset Ashram in June 2026. The music has changed too: the municipality of Sant Josep, which covers the west and south coasts, sealed six sound systems in ten days in the summer of 2025, including that of Sunset Ashram, reported Noudiari. So check shortly before you go whether a DJ is playing that day.

What do you need to know before you book an Ibiza beach club?

Book a bed or table in July and August, ask about the minimum spend when you reserve, and come to Cala Comte before 10:00 or after 17:30. The rest is below, question by question.

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21:23, Cala Comte. The sun touches the water at 302 degrees, exactly where the map draws it, and anyone who began at 11:00 in Ses Salines has followed it all day, from the south coast to the west. In mid-September it is in the sea by 20:03, 27 degrees further south: plan your day for the hour of your trip.