Praia do Castelo
Faro, Portugal
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:45 pm5.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.5
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
5.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
5.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.1
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.8
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.5
7 km/h4 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
- 16°C60°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 95 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 1610 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:45 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 do Castelo
Praia do Castelo is a sandy beach located in Albufeira, Portugal. It is 185 meters long and covers an area of 6,510 square meters. The nearest town is Albufeira, approximately 4.4 kilometers away, and there are 15 food options within a 1-kilometer radius.
Praia do Castelo is a beach close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. This beach is located 4.0 miles (6.4 km) by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.9 miles (51.3 km) west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches (2012) in the Algarve.
Source: Praia do Castelo on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms360 m0.2 mi away
- Parking10 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 80 m270 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink15 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 50 m160 ft
- Playground420 m0.3 mi away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 730 m0.5 miCast.Evaristo
- Nearest town
- 4.4 km2.7 miAlbufeira (city)
- Nearest airport
- 27 km17 miAeródromo Municipal de Portimão (PRM)
Nearby places
- O Pic NicRegional50 m160 ft
- EvaristoFish340 m0.2 mi
- Bar Vista MarFood and drink340 m0.2 mi
- Vista MarFood and drink370 m0.2 mi
- Torre VehlaRegional440 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia da Fraternidade0.2 km0.1 mi east away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia da Maré das Porcas0.3 km0.2 mi east away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia do Evaristo0.4 km0.2 mi west away8.8 Excellent later
- Praia da Coelha0.4 km0.3 mi east away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia da Balbina0.7 km0.4 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.
- Sat8.9 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.3 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.0 GoodBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 2%
- Wed6.3 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 4%
- Thu7.6 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 0%