Beach · Palmás, Spain

Praia de Fontán

Praia de Fontán is a beach in Palmás, Spain. It is fairly sheltered, with open water only toward the east-north-east, so waves pick up when the wind blows from there. The nearest chart sounding shows about 8.2 m of water 150 m offshore. Further out it reaches roughly 12.4 m at 400 m. Tides matter here: the range is about 2.9 m. It is one of 3 beaches around Palmás; the nearest is Praia da Punta Fondón, 270 m away.

Wave shelterFairly shelteredopen to the east-north-east
Depth8.2 m at 150 m outfirst sounding 150 m out
Tidal range2.9 mlarge
Tree cover13%little tree cover by satellite

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Where it is

42.2814, -8.6883 · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap

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