Praia dos Pescadores
Faro, Portugal
- Lifeguards
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Best: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:45 pm5.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
5.5
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
5.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
5.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
5.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
7.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.4
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
9.0
7 km/h4 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
- 16°C61°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 117 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
- 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.
About Praia dos Pescadores
Praia dos Pescadores is a sandy beach located in the Algarve region of Portugal. It is 301 meters long and has a nearby drinking water source. The beach is 185 meters from the nearest bus stop and 79 meters from the closest toilets.
Praia dos Pescadores or the Fishermans Beach is a blue flag beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, in the district of Bairro dos Pescadores (Neighborhood of the Fisherman), Albufeira which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. The beach is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 miles (38.5 km) by road of the regions capital of Faro.
Source: Praia dos Pescadores (Albufeira) on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardListedOpenStreetMap lists lifeguards here.
- Restrooms80 m260 ft away
- Showers60 m200 ft away
- Drinking water110 m340 ft away
- Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 210 m680 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink83 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Playground400 m0.2 mi away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 190 m610 ft
- Nearest town
- 300 m990 ftAlbufeira (city)
- Nearest airport
- 26 km16 miAeroporto Gago Coutinho (FAO)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia do Túnel0.3 km0.2 mi west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia do Inatel0.5 km0.3 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia dos Alemães1.1 km0.7 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia da Baleeira1.2 km0.8 mi south-west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Praia do Risco1.5 km0.9 mi south-west away8.6 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.
- Sat8.8 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 12 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.0 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 5 km/h3 mph, rain 4%
- Wed7.3 GreatBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 3%
- Thu7.6 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 0%