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Platja de la Fossa

Alacant / Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Today’s timelapse
Calp › South: Platja de la Fossa - Penyal d'Ifac Natural Park - Ifac

Platja de la Fossa 8 photos

  • Calpe plage de levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio

    Calpe plage de levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio. chisloup, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Calpe Beach

    Calpe Beach. Mark Sheffield - User: (WT-shared) Tarr3n at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 1.0. Source

  • Calpe playa levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio

    Calpe playa levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio. chisloup, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Le paseo maritimo playa levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio

    Le paseo maritimo playa levante ( la fossa ) - panoramio. chisloup, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Calpe plage de la fossa mai 2013 - panoramio

    Calpe plage de la fossa mai 2013 - panoramio. chisloup, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Calpe. Playa de Levante - panoramio

    Calpe. Playa de Levante - panoramio. velomartinez, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

  • Calp Beach - panoramio (1)

    Calp Beach - panoramio (1). Ray Ok, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Passeig de la platja de la Fossa, Calp

    Passeig de la platja de la Fossa, Calp. Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

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Today at a glance

Best: 11 am to 3 pm, sunset 7:10 pm
9 am
6.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.2
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
11 am
7.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
12 pm
7.1
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
1 pm
7.9
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
6.9
15 km/h10 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.5
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.6
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.7
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
7 pm
6.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good

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

Best time to swim

Best: 11 am to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
16°C62°F
Water
23°C74°F
Wind
85 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
1610 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
—
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:10 pm
Today
6.0Good9 am74
6.2Good10 am53
7.5Great11 am32
7.1Great12 pm75
7.9Great1 pm96
6.9Good2 pm1510
6.5Good3 pm2113
6.6Good4 pm2012
6.7Good5 pm1610
6.8Good6 pm117
6.6Good7 pm74
Sat
7.3Great9 am74
7.8Great10 am53
7.4Great11 am53
6.6Good12 pm117
6.7Good1 pm117
6.4Good2 pm1711
6.3Good3 pm1912
6.3Good4 pm1711
6.3Good5 pm1610
6.4Good6 pm149
6.5Good7 pm128
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide steady now. High at 4 pm, -0.4 m. Low at 8 pm, -0.5 m. Low at 7 am, -0.5 mHigh 4 pm, -0.4 m1 ftLow 8 pm, -0.5 m2 ftLow 7 am, -0.5 m2 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 4 pm, -0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 8 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.5 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

  • LifeguardStation 90 m290 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
  • Showers90 m300 ft away
  • Drinking water170 m560 ft away
  • Parking10 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 280 m900 ft. Listed as free
  • Food and drink76 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Playground90 m310 ft away
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
310 m0.2 mi
Nearest town
2.5 km1.5 miCalp (town)
Nearest airport
115 km71 miAeroport d'Eivissa - es Codolar (IBZ)

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.

  • Sat7.8 GreatBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 4%
  • Sun9.9 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue9.9 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.8 GoodBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 32%
  • Thu7.1 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 17%