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Platja de Xelin

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Platja de Xelin 1 photo

  • Foto de una de las 30 calas de l'Ametlla de Mar, Cala Xelín.

    Foto de una de las 30 calas de l'Ametlla de Mar, Cala Xelín.. Damià Llaó, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 10 am to 12 pm, sunset 7:04 pm
9 am
7.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
10 am
8.6
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
9.1
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
6.9
28 km/h17 mph wind, Good
1 pm
7.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.6
28 km/h18 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.6
28 km/h18 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.7
29 km/h18 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.5
30 km/h19 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.4
30 km/h19 mph wind, Great
7 pm
7.4
28 km/h18 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 10 am to 12 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
16°C61°F
Water
21°C71°F
Wind
74 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
127 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:04 pm
Today
7.6Great9 am74
8.6Excellent10 am85
9.1Excellent11 am127
6.9Good12 pm2817
7.8Great1 pm2616
7.6Great2 pm2818
7.6Great3 pm2818
7.7Great4 pm2918
7.5Great5 pm3019
7.4Great6 pm3019
7.4Great7 pm2818
Sat
6.3Good9 am1912
6.9Good10 am1811
5.4Fair11 am1811
5.6Good12 pm1711
5.6Good1 pm2012
5.8Good2 pm2012
6.4Good3 pm1610
6.3Good4 pm149
6.7Good5 pm117
6.4Good6 pm74
6.7Good7 pm106
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 11 am, -0.6 m. High at 6 pm, -0.4 m. Low at 2 am, -0.6 mLow 11 am, -0.6 m2 ftHigh 6 pm, -0.4 m1 ftLow 2 am, -0.6 m2 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • Low 11 am, -0.6 m2 ft
  • High 6 pm, -0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 2 am, -0.6 m2 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

  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 110 m340 ft. Listed as free
  • Playground230 m760 ft away
  • SurfacePebbles

Getting there

Nearest town
1.8 km1.1 mil'Ametlla de Mar (village)
Nearest airport
41 km25 miAeroport de Reus (REU)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat6.9 GoodBest 3 pm to 8 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun9.7 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.8 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 6%
  • Thu8.1 GreatBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 5 km/h3 mph, rain 6%