Playa del Cristo
Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 1 pm to 3 pm, sunset 7:34 pm6.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.7
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
9.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
9.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
7.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.5
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.0
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
6.9
2 km/h1 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
- 18°C65°F
- Water
- 22°C71°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph WNW
- Gusts
- 127 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:34 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 7 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- Low 8 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 2 am, -0.2 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
- Parking38 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 170 m560 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink23 within 1 km0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 170 m550 ft
- Nearest town
- 2.1 km1.3 miEstepona (town)
- Nearest airport
- 34 km21 miRoyal Air Force Gibraltar (GIB)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Playa de Guadalobón1.1 km0.7 mi west away9.8 Excellent later
- Playa de la Rada1.9 km1.2 mi north-east away9.8 Excellent later
- La Rada Beach1.9 km1.2 mi north-east away9.8 Excellent later
- Play Costa Natura (Nudist)2.3 km1.4 mi south-west away9.8 Excellent later
- Playa Bahia3.6 km2.2 mi east away9.8 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 10 am to 8 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 4 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 8 am to 12 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Wed7.4 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 4%
- Thu7.8 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 22%