BeachScout

On the beach

  • Beach bar
  • Accessible entry
  • Fast food
  • Kids' area
  • Lifeguard
  • Parking
  • Rocky shore
  • Sandy shore
  • Showers
  • Toilets
  • Trash bins

Right now

Sample data

Illustrative conditions — the live Open-Meteo marine feed wasn't reachable, so these are deterministic placeholder values that will be replaced automatically once the feed is available.

Water temp
25°C
Warm and pleasant for swimming
Wave height
0.4m
Light chop
Wind
8km/h
NNW breeze
UV index
8/ 11
Very high — use SPF 30+

7-day outlook

Sample data

Modeled placeholder forecast for demonstration — will be replaced by a live marine-weather feed.

Water temperature

Next 7 days, °C

24°25°25°25°26°25.0 °CWed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7Tue 8

Wave height

Next 7 days, metres

0.1m0.2m0.2m0.3m0.2 mWed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7Tue 8
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7-day water temperature and wave height forecast for Playa Broña (sample data)
DayWater temp (°C)Wave height (m)
Wed 225.50.2
Thu 325.50.2
Fri 425.10.2
Sat 524.60.2
Sun 624.40.2
Mon 724.50.2
Tue 825.00.2

Typical water temperature by month

Modeled estimate

Plausible seasonal climatology derived from latitude, for illustration — not a measured average.

Monthly water temperature

Typical range across the year, °C

13°17°20°24°27°Typical this month: 24°CJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Typical monthly water temperature at Playa Broña (modeled climatology)
MonthTypical water temp (°C)
Jan16
Feb15
Mar16
Apr18
May20
Jun22
Jul24
Aug25
Sep24
Oct23
Nov20
Dec18

Location & nearby beaches

42.8020°N, -8.9300°E · Open larger map ↗ · Open in Google Maps ↗

Nearby beaches

Distances calculated as straight-line (haversine) from official coordinates.

How do you get to Playa Broña?

  • Easy by car — there's parking close to the beach.

Food, stays & town

  • Nearest town: Noia, about ~3.9 km away.
  • 2 places to eat within 1 km Closest is Café Bar O Conxuro, about ~120 m away.

What kind of beach is this?

With no facilities mapped nearby, this beach is usually on the quiet side even in season — worth knowing if you're after solitude, but also worth bringing your own water and shade.

Estimated from OpenStreetMap surroundings data (ODbL).

Good for
  • Families
  • A quiet swim

Is the water clean at Playa Broña?

Playa Broña sits on a stretch of coast classed as a coastal bathing site, carrying an official EU Bathing Water rating of Excellent for the 2025 season. Under the EU Bathing Water Directive, national authorities test for intestinal enterococci and E. coli through the season and report the results the following spring — the 2025 rating was published in spring 2026, and 2026's won't follow until spring 2027. In addition to that yearly rating, some national authorities — for Croatia, the national environmental authority — publish individual water sample results during the season itself, ahead of the annual report. It sits in A Coruña. There's parking about ~70 m from the beach.

That rating has been consistent: every one of the 11 classified seasons on record has come back Excellent or Good. The most reliable swimming window here typically runs from July–September, with the water usually at its warmest around August. Outside that window it's cooler and often quieter. It's been a consistently reliable spot too — the rating has held at Excellent for 11 straight years. The nearest town, Noia, is about ~3.9 km away.

That “Excellent” label comes from a full season of official water sampling, not a single test — it's one step on a four-point scale (Excellent, Good, Sufficient, Poor) reassessed once a year. Today's actual conditions can differ from the seasonal average, so for a live snapshot see the “Right now” and 7-day outlook panels above. There are 2 places to eat within a kilometre — Café Bar O Conxuro is the closest, about ~120 m away.