Beaches in Galicia: where to swim today?
52 beaches in 13 municipalities. 12 with a Blue Flag 2026-2027.
All beaches in Galicia
A Coruña
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Riazor beach is an urban beach in the centre of A Coruña, with a distinctive shell shape framed by the seafront promenade.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Chanteiro beach lies in the parish of Cervás, in Ares, on the Ártabro gulf.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Ares beach is the urban beach of the town of Ares and runs along the whole length of its seafront promenade.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Seselle beach lies in the parish of Caamouco, in Ares, within the Ares inlet.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
A Area do Porto beach is a small beach of fine white sand on one side of the harbour of Suevos, in the parish of San Martiño de Suevos (Arteixo).
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Areal do Reiro is a small beach in the parish of Santaia de Chamín, in Arteixo, split into two parts by the Santa Irene headland.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Sabón beach forms a single stretch of sand with Alba beach: Alba begins at the mouth of the river Bolaños, in the parish of Arteixo, and from the Pedra do Xiro onwards it is called Sabón, in the parish of Oseiro.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Barrañán beach, in the Arteixo parish of the same name, is an open, straight stretch of white, fine sand more than a kilometre long, in a semi-urban setting.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Area Grande de Suevos beach is a small corner of the Arteixo coast, in the parish of San Martiño de Suevos, with white, fine sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Combouzas beach (As Combouzas), in the Arteixo parish of Barrañán, is a straight stretch of white, fine sand of some 300 metres, between Punta de Trei and Punta de O Compás.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
La Hucha beach, also called Area Pequena, is a small cove of white sand and gravel on the Arteixo coast, in a rural setting.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Valcobo beach, also known as Area Grande, is a stretch of very fine white sand in a corner of the Arteixo coast hidden among hills.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
La Salsa beach, on the Arteixo coast, adjoins Repibelo beach, and the provincial council names them together as A Salsa or Repibelo.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 21/09/2026
Gandarío beach is in the parish of Ouces, in Bergondo, and has around 600 metres of fine sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
O Pedrido beach stretches along both sides of the Pedrido bridge, which links the two shores of the Betanzos estuary.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
O Regueiro beach, also known as O Penedo, is a small stretch of sand in the municipality of Bergondo.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
A Ribeira Grande beach is the town beach of the village of Cabo de Cruz, in Boiro, with some 330 metres of fine white sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Portomouro beach, in Boiro, is a very narrow, elongated semi-urban stretch of fine sand, some 160 metres long.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
A Ladeira do Chazo beach, in Boiro, is a semi-urban stretch of sand some 940 metres long and 15 metres wide.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
A Retorta beach, in Boiro, is the continuation of Carragueiros beach, from which it is separated by the Os Baos islets; it has some 520 metres of medium-grained golden sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Barraña beach is Boiro's town beach: a gently sloping stretch of fine white sand, some 1,530 metres long, running from the Barraña-Saltiño sands to the estuary of the river Coroño.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Carragueiros beach is a long, sheltered stretch of sand in the parish of O Castro, in Boiro, some 960 metres long, with medium-grained golden sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Mañóns beach is a long stretch of sand in Boiro, set among pine woods, some 700 metres long, with fine white sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Piñeirón beach is a small urban stretch of sand in Boiro, some 85 metres long, with fine white sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 21/09/2026
Rebordelo beach is a stretch of sand on the Corme and Laxe estuary, reached from the village of Rebordelo, in the parish of Canduas.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Madanela beach lies next to the breakwater that channels the mouth of the river Eume.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 13/09/2026
Chamoso beach is a small, very secluded stretch of sand 160 metres long, bounded by cliffs worn away by the constant action of the sea, where slate rock alternates with patches of white sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
A Area das Lobeiras beach lies between Arou and Santa Mariña, a short distance from the village of Arou, facing the Lobeiras islands, which sit a few metres off the shore and stand out at low tide.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 16/09/2026
Arou beach sits right next to the village of Arou, a small fishing village in Camariñas, and is part of its daily life.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
Areíña Branca beach is a small stretch of fine sand on the inner side of the Camariñas estuary, in the parish of Xaviña.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
A Balea beach is a small cove open to the Atlantic in the Reira area, a short distance from A Pedrosa beach, on the wild stretch of the Camariñas coast.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
Area da Vila beach is the urban beach of Camariñas: it lies beside the seafront promenade, a few metres from the town centre, and is sheltered from the usual summer winds of the Costa da Morte.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
Lago beach lies at the foot of Monte Farelo, very close to the Virxe do Monte chapel, at the end of the Camariñas estuary where it almost opens onto the Atlantic, with views towards Muxía and the A Barca sanctuary.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
Lingunde beach is a cove in the town of Camariñas, on the inner side of the estuary and very close to Area da Vila beach.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 22/09/2026
O Ariño beach is in the parish of Xaviña, on the Camariñas estuary a few kilometres from the town, in a natural setting it shares with the nearby beaches of Rego dos Cuiros and Areíña Branca.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
A Pedra do Sal beach lies north of Baldaio, on the Carballo coast, and is easy to reach.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Baldaio beach, in Carballo, is beach, lagoon and marsh all at once: the As Saíñas sands separate the Baldaio lagoon from the sea, one of the most important wetlands in Galicia and a special environmental protection area.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Razo beach, in the parish of the same name, in Carballo, is a broad stretch of golden sand open to the Atlantic, with sunsets behind the Sisargas islands.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
In the heart of the town of Cariño, in the O Campo quarter, lies O Peiral beach, a small cove.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
A Basteira beach is in the town of Cariño and, together with A Concha beach, forms a large arc of sand a kilometre and a half long, divided in two by a breakwater.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Figueiras beach is a small stretch of sand on the Figueiroa peninsula, in the parish of A Pedra, in Cariño.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
Fornos beach is on the Figueiroa peninsula, in the parish of A Pedra, in Cariño.
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.
Pontevedra
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 14/09/2026
A Lanzada beach belongs to the municipalities of Sanxenxo and O Grove and has some 2,400 metres of fine white sand.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 15/09/2026
Samil beach is in the parish of Navia (San Paio), in Vigo, on the Ría de Vigo.
About the coast in Galicia
By Equipe editorial GTM Labs · Updated
Galicia is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Cantabrian Sea, which meet at Estaca de Bares. Its coast opens into rías, long arms of the sea that reach inland, with cliffs, beaches, pine woods and fishing villages. The Rías Altas, in the north, combine cliffs, beaches, fishing towns and lighthouses.
The Rías Baixas, those of Vigo, Pontevedra, Arousa and Muros-Noia, link stretches of rocky, cliff-lined coast with wide sandy beaches, and between the Arousa and Vigo rías lie the islands of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia Maritime-Terrestrial National Park. Beyond the Muros e Noia ría, and especially north of Fisterra, the Costa da Morte is a rugged stretch of coast, with cliffs such as those at Cabo Vilán and sandy beaches such as Carnota.
Sources: Turismo de Galicia (turismo.gal), As rías · Turismo de Galicia (turismo.gal), Rías Baixas · Turismo de Galicia (turismo.gal), Costa da Morte · Turespaña (spain.info), Galicia · Turespaña (spain.info), Rías Altas · MITECO, Red de Parques Nacionales, Islas Atlánticas de Galicia
Getting to know the sea in Galicia
- 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: 52
Latest analysis at each beach, from 13/09/2026 to 22/09/2026.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Which beaches in Galicia can I check today?
We cover 52 beaches in Galicia, checked one by one: Playa de Riazor, Playa Chanteiro, Playa de Ares, Playa de Seselle, A Area do Porto and 47 more. Each beach's page has today's verdict and the reasons.
How do I know if I can swim at beaches in Galicia today?
Each beach's page gives you today's verdict: we combine AEMET warnings, the latest water analysis from the Ministry of Health and the weather and sea forecast. A red warning is enough for us not to recommend a beach. At the beach, always follow the lifeguards' instructions.
Which beaches in Galicia have a Blue Flag?
Playa de Riazor, A Area do Porto, Playa Alba-Sabón, Playa Barrañán, Playa de Combouzas and 7 more: Blue Flag 2026-2027, according to ADEAC. It is a seasonal award and says nothing about how the beach is today.