Strong mesoscale and submesoscale features are characterized by Rossby and Richardson numbers close to one, indicating that geostrophic balance breaks down. This gives rise to the development of ageostrophic flows that create a circulation across density gradients, with vertical motions associated. These vertical fluxes transport carbon and other biogeochemical tracers from the surface layer to depths below the mixed layer. In the Western Mediterranean Sea during winter 2022, the ONR CALYPSO experiment employed a multidisciplinary approach to observe and predict the ocean fields in the Balearic Sea (BalS), combining multiplatform in-situ observations with high-resolution realistic numerical simulations. The results showed strong mesoscale and submesoscale fields where structures interact, exchange energy, and are affected by wind forcing. We observed a mesoscale front (BalSF) associated with a mesoscale vortex dipole (MVD). As it evolved, the front cascaded to smaller scales, forming a mesoscale ridge (MR) and submesoscale cyclones (SCs). This work analyzes the evolution and interaction of the BalSF, MVD, MR, and SCs using numerical simulations with 2000 m and 650 m horizontal resolution, respectively. We employ spatial filtering of our simulations to extract and diagnose energy exchanges between mesoscale and submesoscale features. The BalSF and MVD evolutions are explained through i) intensification by frontogenesis, ii) favorable conditions for overturning instabilities, indicating the beginning of the front’s collapsing, and iii) nonlinear Ekman subduction produced by a strong wind event. The formation of MR and SCs structures was associated with frontal variability and driven by a combination of barotropic and baroclinic processes that are responsible for the eddy kinetic energy generation. Particle tracking analysis indicates that subduction areas are located in thin threads of strong cyclonic vorticity embedded in a weak anticyclonic background.