Praia da Senhora da Rocha
Faro, Portugal
- Free parking
Today’s timelapseToday at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:46 pm5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.7
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.0
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.3
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.7
11 km/h7 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
- 42 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 64 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:46 pm
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.
About Praia da Senhora da Rocha
Praia da Senhora da Rocha is a sandy beach located in Lagoa, Portugal. It is 164 meters long and has 42 free parking spots within 500 meters. The nearest town is Armação de Pêra, 2,176 meters away, and there are 20 food options within 1 kilometer.
Praia de Nossa Senhora da Rocha (in Portuguese: Beach of Our Lady of the Rock) is a small fishing community and beach on the Atlantic coast of the civil parish/freguesia of Porches in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa (Algarve) in Portugal. The beach is one of the most rustic ones along the coast and was used as a refuge for small fishing boats in the area.
The beach is flanked by cliffs. At the west end is a promontory on which is the old Fort and Shrine of Nossa Senhora da Rocha. A tunnel has been excavated through this promontory to link Praia da Senhora da Rocha with Praia Nova on the other side.
Source: Praia de Nossa Senhora da Rocha (Porches) on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms50 m150 ft away
- Parking42 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 70 m210 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink20 within 1 km0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2.2 km1.4 miArmação de Pêra (town)
- Nearest airport
- 19 km12 miAeródromo Municipal de Portimão (PRM)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia das Escaleiras0.2 km0.1 mi east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia Nova0.3 km0.2 mi south-west away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia da Cova Redonda0.5 km0.3 mi east away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia do Pontal0.7 km0.5 mi south-west away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia dos Tremoços0.8 km0.5 mi east 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%