Playa de Cofete

Jandia, Fuerteventura · 🇪🇸 Spain

A vast, untamed 12-kilometre strand beneath brooding mountains, reached only by a rough dirt track.

Sea temperature

~22°C in the warm season

Water

Wild Atlantic, deep blue

Sand

Endless wild golden sand

Swimming

Dangerous currents, not for swimming

Surf

Powerful, unpatrolled beach break

Best time to visit

May-Oct

Setting

A 12km beach below the towering Jandia massif

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: H. Zell (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source