Praia do Beliche

Sagres, Algarve · 🇵🇹 Portugal

A cliff-hidden wedge of sand on Europe's south-west corner, glowing gold at sunset.

Expect a sea temperature of roughly 19°C at Praia do Beliche (Sagres, Algarve, Portugal) in high summer; the season runs May-Oct.

Sea temperature

~19°C in the warm season

Water

Cold, clean turquoise-green

Sand

Soft pale sand pocketed beneath fifty-metre ochre cliffs

Swimming

Sheltered from the summer northerlies and swimmable on calm days; respect any swell

Surf

Sagres' quality wave; hollow peaks when northwest swell wraps between the capes

Best time to visit

May-Oct

Setting

A long stair-climb down between Sagres point and Cabo de São Vicente, under the tiny Beliche fort

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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