Praia dos Arrifes
Faro, Portugal
- Free 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
- 19°C65°F
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 1610 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 6 am, -1.4 m5 ft
- 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 dos Arrifes
Praia dos Arrifes is a sandy beach located in Albufeira, Portugal. The beach is 94 meters long and has an area of 1,166 square meters. It is 2597 meters from the city of Albufeira and 123 meters from Praia da Viga.
Praia dos Arrifes is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. This beach is located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 29.6 miles (47.6 km) west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches (2012) in the Algarve.
Source: Praia dos Arrifes on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms350 m0.2 mi away
- Parking11 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 40 m120 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink11 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 30 m100 ft
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 590 m0.4 miPraia San Rafael
- Nearest town
- 2.6 km1.6 miAlbufeira (city)
- Nearest airport
- 28 km17 miAeroporto Gago Coutinho (FAO)
Nearby places
- A SardinhaFood and drink30 m100 ft
- Restaurante da Praia de São RafaelFood and drink290 m940 ft
- MariturItalian490 m0.3 mi
- La Cantina del BorgoFood and drink500 m0.3 mi
- City BarFood and drink660 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia da Viga0.1 km0.1 mi south-west away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia de São Rafael0.3 km0.2 mi south-west away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia dos Paradinha0.4 km0.3 mi west away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia dos Piratas0.6 km0.4 mi south-west away8.5 Excellent later
- Praia da Ponta Pequena0.7 km0.5 mi west away8.5 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%