Playa de Rodas
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Today at a glance
Calmest: 3 pm to 6 pm, sunset 7:41 pm4.6
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
4.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
4.6
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
4.3
1 km/h0 mph wind, Fair
4.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
4.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.1
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.0
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 13°C55°F
- Water
- 14°C57°F
- Wind
- 32 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 85 km/hmph
- Waves
- 3.9 m13 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:41 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 2 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 9 pm, -1.7 m6 ft
- High 3 am, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 33%
- Mon5.8 GoodBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 8%
- Tue3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 37%
- Wed5.6 GoodBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 4 km/h3 mph, rain 6%
- Thu6.2 GoodBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 5%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Playa de Rodas
Playa de Rodas is a beach in Pontevedra province, Spain. It is 340 meters from A Area do Almacén. OpenStreetMap lists a drinking water facility nearby and three food options within 1 kilometer.
Playa de Rodas or Praia das Rodas (Galician) is a slightly curved beach of about 700 m length on the Spanish Cíes Islands, now a national park, lying west of the city of Vigo in the Atlantic Ocean.
The British newspaper The Guardian chose the beach to be the best of the world in 2007.
Source: Playa de Rodas on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Drinking water480 m0.3 mi away
- Food and drink3 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 340 m0.2 mi
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 23 km14 miAeroporto de Vigo (VGO)
Nearby places
- RodasRegional340 m0.2 mi
- Restaurante do Camping Illas CíesFood and drink510 m0.3 mi
- Restaurante SerafínRegional700 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- A Area do Almacén0.3 km0.2 mi north-east away4.1 Fair tomorrow
- Rodas0.3 km0.2 mi south away4.0 Fair tomorrow
- A Area Pequena0.5 km0.3 mi north-east away4.1 Fair tomorrow
- A Area do Muxieiro0.5 km0.3 mi north-east away4.1 Fair tomorrow
- Figueiras0.6 km0.4 mi north away4.0 Fair tomorrow