Playa de Calblanque

Cartagena, Murcia · 🇪🇸 Spain

Dark-gold sand and fossil dunes in a jealously guarded park: the Costa Cálida as it was before the cranes.

Expect a sea temperature of roughly 26°C at Playa de Calblanque (Cartagena, Murcia, Spain) in high summer; the season runs Jun-Sep.

Sea temperature

~26°C in the warm season

Water

Clear blue, often with a light shorebreak

Sand

Dark-gold sand below crumbling fossil dunes

Swimming

Open-sea feel; lovely on calm days, punchy when the levante blows

Surf

Small windswell waves on easterly days

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Inside a protected regional park of fossil dunes and arid hills; summer access is by shuttle bus from Los Belones

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: José Miguel Grandal (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source