Praia da Galé
Faro, Portugal
- Free parking
Today’s timelapseToday at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:46 pm8 am
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.7
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
5.7
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.0
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.0
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.3
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.3
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
3 pm
7.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
5 pm
8.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
6 pm
9.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 4 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 11°C52°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 43 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 64 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:46 pm
Today
5.2Fair8 am42
5.2Fair9 am42
5.2Fair10 am32
5.7Good11 am21
6.0Good12 pm43
6.3Good1 pm75
6.5Good2 pm106
7.2Great3 pm106
8.4Great4 pm96
8.7Excellent5 pm117
9.2Excellent6 pm148
Sat
7.6Great8 am74
7.6Great9 am63
7.7Great10 am74
8.4Great11 am53
9.0Excellent12 pm11
9.3Excellent1 pm53
9.3Excellent2 pm106
9.3Excellent3 pm128
8.8Excellent4 pm138
9.0Excellent5 pm138
9.0Excellent6 pm117
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 1 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 7 pm, -1.6 m5 ft
- High 1 am, 0.7 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
- Restrooms150 m500 ft away
- Parking12 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 120 m390 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink16 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 90 m290 ft
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 670 m0.4 miGalé (Direction: Albufeira)
- Nearest town
- 4.7 km2.9 miArmação de Pêra (town)
- Nearest airport
- 25 km16 miAeródromo Municipal de Portimão (PRM)
Nearby places
- Praia da GaléFood and drink90 m290 ft
- O GaleãoRegional150 m510 ft
- GaleäoFood and drink160 m510 ft
- Pedras AmarelasInternational250 m830 ft
- JamaicaFood and drink340 m0.2 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia da Galé Oeste0.3 km0.2 mi south-east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia do Chiringuito0.5 km0.3 mi south-east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia dos Bés0.7 km0.4 mi south-east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia do Sao Lourenco0.7 km0.5 mi south-east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia dos Salgados0.8 km0.5 mi north-west away8.8 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.
- Sat9.3 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.9 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 4 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.3 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.2 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 4 km/h3 mph, rain 4%
- Wed7.1 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 2%
- Thu7.5 GreatBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 2%