Beaches in Carnota: where to swim today?
8 beaches in 1 municipality.
All beaches in Carnota
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Caldebarcos beach, in the parish of San Mamede de Carnota, is the northernmost beach in the municipality of Carnota.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
A Insuela beach, listed by Turismo de Galicia as Insuela-Panches, is a coarse-sand beach some 300 metres long in the municipality of Carnota, on the Costa da Morte.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Carnota beach, on the Costa da Morte, is the longest in Galicia: some 7 km of crescent-shaped sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Corna Becerra beach lies on a rocky, indented stretch of coast in the north of Carnota, in the Quilmas area, with the granite Pindo massif as a backdrop.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Lariño beach lies in the parish of San Martiño de Lariño, in the municipality of Carnota, and is some 1,500 metres long.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Os Carballiños beach is a fine-sand beach some 100 metres long in the municipality of Carnota, on the Costa da Morte.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Portoancho beach lies next to the hamlet of Portocubelo, in the parish of Santa María de Lira (Carnota), and has some 145 metres of fine sand.
About the coast in Carnota
By Equipe editorial GTM Labs · Updated
Carnota lies on the Costa da Morte, facing the Atlantic Ocean at the foot of Monte Pindo. Carnota beach, crescent-shaped, has some 7 km of sand backed by dunes and, to the north, a channel through which the sea flows in, next to the Caldebarcos salt marshes. Its coastal strip of beaches and wetlands lies within the Carnota-Monte Pindo Site of Community Importance.
Sources: Turismo da Deputación da Coruña, Costa da Morte (geodestino) · Turismo de Galicia (Xunta de Galicia), Carnota - Monte Pindo · Xunta de Galicia, Plan de Ordenación do Litoral, ficha da unidade de paisaxe 05_07_253 Marismas de Carnota e Caldebarcos
Getting to know the sea in Carnota
- Tide
Tidal coast: each beach page marks the day's high and low tide, estimated by a model (not a tide-gauge measurement).
- Bathing water
Out of season: 8
Latest analysis at each beach, from 13/09/2026 to 15/09/2026.
It is a periodic analysis, not today's water. The detail and the source are on each beach page.
Verdict for today only; each beach's page has the reasons and sources. It does not replace the instructions of the authorities at the beach.