Għajn Tuffieħa
Northern Region, Malta
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:16 pm8.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.9
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.9
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 20°C69°F
- Water
- 24°C75°F
- Wind
- 127 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2315 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.0 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:16 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 1 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- Low 8 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 2 am, -0.3 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.
About Għajn Tuffieħa
Għajn Tuffieħa is a beach in the Northern Region of Malta. It is 311 meters from Golden Bay, another nearby beach. The nearest town is Il-Manikata, located 1,114 meters away.
Għajn Tuffieħa (lit. 'Spring of Apples'), commonly called Riviera and frequently mistranslated as Apple's Eye in English, is a bay and sandy, red beach which is located in Mġarr, Malta. The bay is 345 metres (377 yd) south of Golden Bay. It is less busy than Golden Bay and often visited by Maltese natives as well as tourists. To reach this beach, one needs to descend a hill on a staircase of 200 steps. On top of the cliffs west of Għajn Tuffieħa bay is the Għajn Tuffieħa Tower, one of the seven towers built by Grand Master Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, of the Knights Hospitaller.
Source: Għajn Tuffieħa on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms370 m0.2 mi away
- Showers310 m0.2 mi away
- Parking8 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 170 m550 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink8 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 190 m610 ft
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 170 m540 ftGħajn Tuffieħa - Riviera
- Nearest town
- 1.1 km0.7 miIl-Manikata (village)
Nearby places
- Artisan CoffeeFood and drink190 m610 ft
- Apple's EyeFood and drink260 m840 ft
- Munchies Beach CaféFood and drink270 m900 ft
- SingitaFish320 m0.2 mi
- Munchies Spiaggia d'OroFood and drink350 m0.2 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Golden Bay0.3 km0.2 mi north-west away8.0 Great
- Ir-Ramla t' Għajn Tuffieħa0.4 km0.3 mi south-west away8.0 Great
- Il-Bajja tal-Qarraba0.7 km0.4 mi south-west away8.0 Great
- Ir-Ramla tal-Ġnejna1.4 km0.9 mi south away8.0 Great
- Ras il-Wahx1.9 km1.2 mi north-west away8.0 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.7 GreatBest 8 am to 9 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 7%
- Sun4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 25%
- Mon8.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 4 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 6%
- Tue9.3 ExcellentBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 20%
- Wed8.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 4 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 6%
- Thu8.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 3%