Playa de Valdevaqueros

Tarifa, Cádiz · 🇪🇸 Spain

A windswept Atlantic strand and towering dune at Europe's tip, where kitesurfers fly with Morocco across the strait.

Sea temperature

~20°C in the warm season

Water

Clear, cool Atlantic blue

Sand

Pale golden sand and a giant dune

Swimming

Strong Levante wind and currents; a kiter's beach

Surf

Europe's premier kitesurf and windsurf beach on the Strait of Gibraltar

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A vast dune and windswept sands with Africa on the horizon

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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Photo: Marco Nürnberger from Nuremberg, Germany (CC BY 2.0) · source