Spain · Barcelona
Playa de Ponent
Barcelona, Spain
On the beach
Right now
Live conditions from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly.
7-day outlook
7-day marine forecast from Open-Meteo.
Water temperature
Next 7 days, °C
Wave height
Next 7 days, metres
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| Day | Water temp (°C) | Wave height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 | 27.3 | 0.2 |
| Thu 3 | 27.2 | 0.2 |
| Fri 4 | 27.2 | 0.3 |
| Sat 5 | 27.2 | 0.2 |
| Sun 6 | 26.7 | 0.1 |
| Mon 7 | 26.6 | 0.1 |
| Tue 8 | 26.3 | 0.4 |
Typical water temperature by month
Modeled estimatePlausible seasonal climatology derived from latitude, for illustration — not a measured average.
Monthly water temperature
Typical range across the year, °C
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| Month | Typical water temp (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 16 |
| Feb | 15 |
| Mar | 16 |
| Apr | 18 |
| May | 21 |
| Jun | 23 |
| Jul | 25 |
| Aug | 26 |
| Sep | 25 |
| Oct | 23 |
| Nov | 21 |
| Dec | 18 |
Location & nearby beaches
Nearby beaches
- Playa de Llevant1.0 kmBarcelona
- Playa de L'Astillero-L'Almadrava1.3 kmBarcelona
- Playa de Cabrera (Vinyals)2.0 kmBarcelona
- Playa del Pla de L'Ós-Descàrrega2.7 kmBarcelona
Distances calculated as straight-line (haversine) from official coordinates.
How do you get to Playa de Ponent?
- Easy by car — there's parking close to the beach.
- Bus stop: Av. Vicent Llorca Alós, 19, about ~100 m away.
Food, stays & town
- Nearest town: Benidorm, about ~2.8 km away.
- 64 places to eat within 1 km Closest is Portus, about ~130 m away.
- 11 places to stay mapped nearby Closest is Gran Hotel Delfín, about ~170 m away.
- 12 shops nearby, the closest about ~280 m away
What kind of beach is this?
This beach sits in a built-up resort setting, with hotels, restaurants and services clustered around it — a full-service stretch of coast that tends to be busy in peak season and quieter outside it.
Estimated from OpenStreetMap surroundings data (ODbL).
- Families
- Water sports
- Full-service days
Is the water clean at Playa de Ponent?
Playa de Ponent 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 Barcelona. You can park about ~110 m away.
Over the 11 classified seasons on record, 3 have come back Excellent or Good — a track record worth checking each year rather than assuming. If you're timing a visit around water temperature rather than crowds, July–September is the safest bet, with August typically the peak — expect cooler, calmer water either side of that stretch. Benidorm — the closest town — sits about ~2.8 km from here.
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. It's been a consistently reliable spot too — the rating has held at Excellent for 2 straight years. There are 64 places to eat within a kilometre — Portus is the closest, about ~130 m away.