Playa de Santa Bárbara
Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 1 pm to 3 pm, sunset 7:35 pm5.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
8.6
15 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
9.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
7.3
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
6.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
7.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 1 pm to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C62°F
- Water
- 21°C70°F
- Wind
- 53 km/hmph W
- Gusts
- 127 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.1 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:35 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 2 pm, -0.1 m<1 ft
- Low 7 pm, -0.8 m3 ft
- High 2 am, -0.1 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.
About Playa de Santa Bárbara
Playa de Santa Bárbara is a beach in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cádiz, Spain. OpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station nearby, and the beach has a sandy surface. The nearest town is La Línea de la Concepción, located 1,479 meters away, and there are 9 free parking areas within 500 meters.
Playa de Santa Bárbara is a beach in the municipality of La Línea de la Concepción, in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, located to the north of Gibraltar. It has a length of about 700 metres (2,300 ft) and average width of about 40 metres (130 ft). It is a busy beach promenade bounded by the city limits and south to the border with Gibraltar with Gibraltar Airport runway to the east and on the north by the Playa de Levante. In its vicinity are the remains of the Fort of Santa Barbara, an old fortification that participated in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1779. It has all the basic services required of an urban beach, daily waste collection season, toilets, showers and disabled access and presence of police and local rescue equipment.
Source: Playa de Santa Bárbara on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 50 m170 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms210 m690 ft away
- Showers20 m70 ft away
- Parking9 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 20 m80 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink50 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Playground300 m970 ft awayParque Infatil Feria
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 380 m0.2 miAv. Ejército - Estadio
- Nearest town
- 1.5 km0.9 miLa Línea de la Concepción (town)
- Nearest airport
- 1 km1 miRoyal Air Force Gibraltar (GIB)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Playa de Levante1.5 km0.9 mi north away9.0 Excellent later
- Playa de Poniente1.8 km1.1 mi west away9.0 Excellent later
- Playa Príncipe Alfonso3.2 km2.0 mi north-west away9.0 Excellent later
- Playa de Sobrevela3.8 km2.3 mi north away9.0 Excellent later
- Playa de Puente Mayorga-Campamento4.6 km2.9 mi north-west away9.0 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.
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.8 ExcellentBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.4 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Tue7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.2 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 2%
- Thu7.2 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 16%