Platja del Cristall
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 2 pm to 3 pm, sunset 6:58 pm6.1
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.2
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6.2
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
7.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
9.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
7.0
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great
6.4
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.6
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 2 pm to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 22°C72°F
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph W
- Gusts
- 1610 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:58 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 12 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 6 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- Low 1 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
- Restrooms200 m660 ft away
- Showers40 m140 ft away
- Drinking water30 m110 ft away
- Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 360 m0.2 mi. Listed as paid
- Food and drink29 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Rentals2 within 500 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 180 m590 ft
- Nearest town
- 1.2 km0.7 miBadalona (city)
- Nearest airport
- 23 km14 miAeroport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-el Prat (BCN)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Platja del Pont d’en Botifarreta0.5 km0.3 mi south-west away9.5 Excellent later
- Platja de la Barca Maria0.5 km0.3 mi north-east away9.5 Excellent later
- Platja dels Pescadors1.0 km0.6 mi south-west away9.5 Excellent later
- Platja de Cala Taps1.2 km0.8 mi north-east away9.5 Excellent later
- Platja dels Patins de Vela1.2 km0.8 mi south-west away9.5 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.
- Sat6.0 GoodBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 19%
- Sun9.2 ExcellentBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 1 pmWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Wed7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 14%
- Thu9.0 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 5 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 2%