Beach · Fisterra, Spain

Castelo de San Carlos

A beach in Fisterra, Spain. It is fairly sheltered, with open water only toward the east-south-east, so waves pick up when the wind blows from there. The nearest chart sounding shows about 6 m of water 150 m offshore. Further out it reaches roughly 8.2 m at 400 m. Tides matter here: the range is about 3.0 m. It is one of 4 beaches around Fisterra; the nearest is Praia da Ribeira, 620 m away.

Wave shelterFairly shelteredopen to the east-south-east
Depth6 m at 150 m outfirst sounding 150 m out
Tidal range3.0 mlarge
Tree cover6%little tree cover by satellite

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Where it is

42.9126, -9.2636 · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap

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