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Praia do Lacém

Faro, Portugal

Praia do Lacém 5 photos

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    Praia de Cabanas - Portugal 🇵🇹. Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

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Today at a glance

Best: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:42 pm
Now
5.3
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.5
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.8
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5 pm
9.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
6 pm
9.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 5 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C57°F
Water
19°C66°F
Wind
74 km/hmph N
Gusts
149 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:42 pm
Today
5.3FairNow74
5.3Fair9 am64
5.5Good10 am64
5.9Good11 am117
6.0Good12 pm138
6.1Good1 pm159
6.3Good2 pm149
6.6Good3 pm138
6.8Good4 pm128
9.6Excellent5 pm138
9.6Excellent6 pm117
Sat
7.8Great8 am117
7.8Great9 am117
8.2Great10 am117
8.5Excellent11 am149
9.1Excellent12 pm127
9.4Excellent1 pm106
9.6Excellent2 pm53
9.6Excellent3 pm21
9.3Excellent4 pm42
9.4Excellent5 pm85
9.2Excellent6 pm85
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 pm, 0.7 m. Low at 7 pm, -1.6 m. High at 1 am, 0.7 m. Low at 7 am, -1.6 mHigh 1 pm, 0.7 m2 ftLow 7 pm, -1.6 m5 ftHigh 1 am, 0.7 m2 ftLow 7 am, -1.6 m5 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 1 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -1.6 m5 ft
  • High 1 am, 0.7 m2 ft
  • Low 7 am, -1.6 m5 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

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
2.6 km1.6 miCabanas de Tavira (town)
Nearest airport
38 km24 miAeroporto Gago Coutinho (FAO)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun8.8 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.3 ExcellentBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue6.4 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h5 mph, rain 4%
  • Wed7.7 GreatBest 1 pm to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 2%
  • Thu8.7 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 2%