Praia do Forte da Bandeira
Faro, Portugal
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 6:47 pm5.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.5
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
5.8
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
8.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.7
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
7.8
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C59°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 63 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 95 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:47 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.
Facilities
- Restrooms50 m160 ft away
- Showers50 m160 ft away
- Drinking water110 m360 ft away
- Parking10 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 170 m550 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink220 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Wheelchair rampMapped nearbyWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 280 m910 ftPraça do Infante
- Nearest town
- 610 m0.4 miLagos (city)
- Nearest airport
- 9 km6 miAeródromo Municipal de Portimão (PRM)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Batata beach0.1 km0.1 mi south-east away8.3 Great later
- Praia da Batata0.1 km0.1 mi south away8.3 Great later
- Praia dos Estudantes0.3 km0.2 mi south away8.3 Great later
- Praia da Caldeira0.3 km0.2 mi south away8.3 Great later
- Praia do Pinhão0.5 km0.3 mi south away8.3 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
Compare hotels and apartments near Praia do Forte da Bandeira.
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.8 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.0 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 5 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue5.9 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 6 km/h3 mph, rain 6%
- Wed7.2 GreatBest 1 pm to 6 pmWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 4%
- Thu7.3 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 2%