Praia dos Cavacos
Faro, Portugal
- No lifeguards listed
- Free parking
- Wheelchair access
Today at a glance
Best: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:44 pm5.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.3
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
5.4
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
5.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.2
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.4
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.5
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.7
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.8
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
9.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
9.4
1 km/h0 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
- 13°C55°F
- Water
- 19°C66°F
- Wind
- 53 km/hmph NW
- Gusts
- 95 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:44 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
- 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
- LifeguardNone listed
- Drinking water40 m120 ft away
- Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 70 m240 ft. Listed as free
- Boat ramp230 m740 ft away
- Wheelchair accessYes
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km2 miQuelfes (village)
- Nearest airport
- 16 km10 miAeroporto Gago Coutinho (FAO)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia da Armona-Ria1.6 km1.0 mi south-west away8.9 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia da Culatra4.0 km2.5 mi south away8.9 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia da Fuseta-Ria4.8 km3.0 mi east away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia do Homem Nú8.2 km5.1 mi east away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia do Farol8.5 km5.3 mi south-west away9.2 Excellent tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.5 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.4 ExcellentBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.3 ExcellentBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.3 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 4 km/h3 mph, rain 4%
- Wed7.5 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 4%
- Thu7.8 GreatBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%