Praia Grande
Faro, Portugal
- Free parking
Today’s timelapseToday at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 6:47 pm5.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
5.6
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
5.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.1
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
8.0
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.0
15 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
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
- 14°C57°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 42 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 53 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 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.
About Praia Grande
Praia Grande is a beach in Lagoa, Portugal, covering an area of 51,573 square meters. It is 775 meters long and has a nearby beach, Praia da Angrinha, located 627 meters away.
Praia Grande (Big Beach) is a beach situated in the civil parish of Ferragudo, municipality of Lagoa, the Portuguese Algarve.
One of many beaches to obtain the name Praia Grande, this coastal zone is located on the eastern back of Rio Arade estuary, south of the town of Ferragudo. It is just inside the mole that shields the river entrance and the port area of Portimão, and runs north to the Forte de Sao João do Arade. The crescent-shaped 627 metres (2,057 ft)-long beach extends from the accessway, at the end of Rua Doutor Coelho de Carvalho southeast to the cliffs, with a smaller beach extending 163 metres (535 ft) north to the summit of the fort, separated by boulders.
Source: Praia Grande (Ferragudo) on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms220 m710 ft away
- Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 300 m970 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink37 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 100 m320 ft
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 390 m0.2 miVale da Areia
- Nearest town
- 820 m0.5 miFerragudo (town)
- Nearest airport
- 7 km4 miAeródromo Municipal de Portimão (PRM)
Nearby places
- Club NauFood and drink140 m470 ft
- Restaurante Praia GrandeFood and drink250 m830 ft
- DocksideFood and drink650 m0.4 mi
- O MolheFood and drink670 m0.4 mi
- NoSoloÁgua PortimãoFood and drink700 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia da Angrinha0.6 km0.4 mi north-west away8.6 Excellent later
- Molhe Beach0.7 km0.4 mi south away8.6 Excellent later
- Pintadinho Beach0.9 km0.6 mi south away8.6 Excellent later
- Praia do Torrado1.2 km0.7 mi south away8.6 Excellent later
- Praia dos Caneiros1.3 km0.8 mi south-east away8.6 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.
- Sat9.2 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.3 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 5 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.0 GoodBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 4 km/h3 mph, rain 4%
- Wed7.4 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 2%
- Thu7.6 GreatBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h16 mph, rain 2%