BeachScout

On the beach

  • Beach bar
  • Benches
  • Accessible entry
  • Lifeguard
  • Parking
  • Restaurant
  • Sandy shore
  • Showers
  • Toilets
  • Trash bins

Right now

Live conditions from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly.

Water temp
25°C
Warm and pleasant for swimming
Wave height
1.0m
Choppy — take care
Wind
22km/h
NNE breeze
UV index
8/ 11
Very high — use SPF 30+

7-day outlook

7-day marine forecast from Open-Meteo.

Water temperature

Next 7 days, °C

24°25°25°25°25°24.5 °CWed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7Tue 8

Wave height

Next 7 days, metres

0.3m0.6m0.9m1.2m1.0 mWed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7Tue 8
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7-day water temperature and wave height forecast for Playa Inglés (El)
DayWater temp (°C)Wave height (m)
Wed 224.91.0
Thu 325.00.8
Fri 424.90.5
Sat 524.60.7
Sun 624.90.7
Mon 725.00.7
Tue 824.50.7

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

16°19°22°25°28°Typical this month: 26°CJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Typical monthly water temperature at Playa Inglés (El) (modeled climatology)
MonthTypical water temp (°C)
Jan19
Feb18
Mar19
Apr20
May22
Jun24
Jul25
Aug26
Sep26
Oct24
Nov23
Dec21

Location & nearby beaches

27.7564°N, -15.5654°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 Inglés (El)?

  • Easy by car — there's parking close to the beach.
  • Nearest bus stop is about ~170 m away.

Food, stays & town

  • 56 places to eat within 1 km Closest is Restaurant Munich III, about ~170 m away.
  • 96 places to stay mapped nearby Closest is Atlantic Beach Club, about ~210 m away.
  • 27 shops nearby, the closest about ~180 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).

Good for
  • Families
  • Full-service days

Is the water clean at Playa Inglés (El)?

Playa Inglés (El) 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 Las Palmas. There's parking about ~210 m from the beach.

That rating has been consistent: every one of the 11 classified seasons on record has come back Excellent or Good. If you're timing a visit around water temperature rather than crowds, June–October is the safest bet, with August typically the peak — expect cooler, calmer water either side of that stretch.

“Excellent” is one point on a four-step scale — Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor — assigned once per year from that season's water samples, not a live reading. It describes how the site performs on average across the season, not the exact water quality this afternoon; for day-to-day water conditions, see the “Right now” and 7-day outlook panels above. There are 56 places to eat within a kilometre — Restaurant Munich III is the closest, about ~170 m away.