Estepona, Spain

Estepona, Spain is a submarine cable landing point in Spain (coordinates 36.4271°, -5.1459°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Spain's international connectivity infrastructure.

Estepona is a town and municipality in the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its district covers an area of 137 square kilometers in a fertile valley crossed by small streams and a mountainous areas dominated by the Sierra Bermeja, which reaches an elevation of 1,449 m at the peak of Los Reales. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Estepona, Spain

Cables landing at Estepona, Spain are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including FLAG, Maroc Telecom, Telxius. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Estepona, Spain, international traffic can reach 12 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include China, Egypt, India, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and 4 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Estepona, Spain in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) (1997) — FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 12 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 14 landing points — including Alexandria, Aqaba, Estepona, Fujairah, Geoje, and 9 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Est-Tet (1994) — Est-Tet is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Spain and Morocco. Landing at Estepona, Tétouan, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.