Playa de Poniente
Granada, Andalusia, Spain
- Lifeguards
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to 5 pm, sunset 7:27 pm6.0
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
8.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.6
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
6.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
7.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
9.3
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
7 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
6.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
7.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
6.7
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to 5 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 22°C71°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 138 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:27 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 7 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 2 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft
- Low 7 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 2 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 320 m0.2 mi awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms210 m700 ft away
- Showers80 m280 ft away
- Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- Parking17 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 210 m700 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink19 within 1 km0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 210 m700 ft
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km1.2 miEl Varadero (village)
- Nearest airport
- 85 km53 miAeropuerto de Málaga - Costa del Sol (AGP)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Playa Can1.0 km0.6 mi east away9.1 Excellent later
- Playa Granada (playa)1.4 km0.9 mi west away9.1 Excellent later
- Playa de Punta del Río2.6 km1.6 mi west away9.1 Excellent later
- Playa Punta del Río2.8 km1.7 mi west away9.1 Excellent later
- Azucenas beach2.9 km1.8 mi east away9.1 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.8 ExcellentBest 10 am to 3 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.8 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Tue9.8 ExcellentBest 9 am to 5 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 2%
- Thu9.5 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h5 mph, rain 2%