Sheltered Beach · A Arousa, Spain

Praia dos Carcamáns

A beach in A Arousa, Spain. Land closes it in on almost every side, so waves rarely build here. The bottom drops away quickly: about 9 m of water only 50 m from the shore. Further out it reaches roughly 11.6 m at 400 m. Tides matter here: the range is about 3.0 m. It is one of 30 beaches around A Arousa; the nearest is Praia do Lagartiño, 80 m away.

Wave shelterShelteredopen only to the north-north-west
Depth9 m at 50 m outdrops off quickly
Tidal range3.0 mlarge
Tree cover8%little tree cover by satellite

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Where it is

42.5656, -8.8640 · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap

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