Beach · A Arousa, Spain

Praia da Canteira

Praia da Canteira is a beach in A Arousa, Spain. It is fairly sheltered, with open water only toward the south-south-east, so waves pick up when the wind blows from there. The bottom drops away quickly: about 7.4 m of water only 50 m from the shore. Further out it reaches roughly 8.6 m at 400 m. Bathing water has been rated Excellent in each of the last 4 seasons. Tides matter here: the range is about 2.9 m.

Wave shelterFairly shelteredopen to the south-south-east
Depth7.4 m at 50 m outdrops off quickly
Bathing waterExcellent4 of the last 4 seasons rated Excellent
Tidal range2.9 mlarge
Tree cover2%open, treeless surroundings

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Where it is

42.5475, -8.8579 · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap

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