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On the beach

  • Toilets
  • Trash bins

Right now

Live conditions from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly.

Water temp
25°C
Warm and pleasant for swimming
Wave height
1.4m
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

0.4m0.9m1.3m1.8m1.5 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 224.91.5
Thu 325.01.2
Fri 424.90.7
Sat 524.61.0
Sun 624.91.1
Mon 725.01.1
Tue 824.51.0

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

27.7484°N, -15.5676°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)?

  • By car: there's parking about ~620 m from the beach.
  • Bus stop: Shopping Centre Cita, about ~830 m away.

Food, stays & town

  • 21 places to eat within 1 km Closest is Columbus, about ~490 m away.
  • 34 places to stay mapped nearby Closest is Santa Mónica Suites Hotel, about ~520 m away.
  • 9 shops nearby, the closest about ~490 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
  • 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 ~620 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 June–October, 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.

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 21 places to eat within a kilometre — Columbus is the closest, about ~490 m away.